Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, their Structure, Habits, and Transformations
by J. G. Wood
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. New ed. 780pp. Original brown cloth with elaborate gilt titles and decoration, all edges gilt. VG copy, starting to crack ever so slightly at ffep and again at p.144, small patch of rubbing to cover, edges lightly rubbed and corners gently bumped, otherwise clean and bright . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1883.
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- Bookseller
- Object Relations, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020513
- Title
- Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, their Structure, Habits, and Transformations
- Author
- J. G. Wood
- Illustrator
- E. A. Smith; J. B. Zwecker; G. Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Pages
- 780
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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