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A Gift of Wings
by Text by C.W. Gusewelle, Photographs by Charles Porter, M.D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1933466456
- ISBN 13
- 9781933466453
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From the front dust jacket flap: "The pageant of Nature offers much useful instruction for anyone with the will to notice and understand. And the life of the silkmoth - the subject of this book - is an anthology of lessons."
There are three lessons mentioned: patience, durability, and uselessness of judging by appearances.
Quote from back DJ cover: "Written in a reader-friendly style and illustrated with beautiful and informative photographs, A Gift of Wings is easily accessible to nonscientists. It will appeal to both young and old." - Gilbert Waldbauer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, University of Illinois
My comment - even though this was written for adults, I think it would make a great book to read to children as a change from the usual story books.
Book - Fine condition. Forest Green cloth over boards with gold gilt text on front and spine. Tiniest bit of wear at spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Photographs are beautiful.
Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Front cover has a bit of wear at top corner and top of spine, there is also a spot near the bottom of spine that looks like a flaw in the coating. Very minimal rubbing/bumping.
Please use photos as part of the description.
42 pages
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675
- Title
- A Gift of Wings
- Author
- Text by C.W. Gusewelle, Photographs by Charles Porter, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1933466456
- ISBN 13
- 9781933466453
- Publisher
- Kansas City Star Books
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Date Published
- 2007-11
- Pages
- 42
- Keywords
- wings, nature, silkmoth, life lessons, photographs, nonscientists, young and old
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Children; Animals - General; Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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