Insects At Home; being a Popular Account of All Those Insects Which Are Useful or Destructive..
by J.G. Wood
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: William Rutter, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. fine. First edition. Hardcover in incised emerald green cloth with gilt figure of an insect on front cover and gilt lettering and two insect figures on the spine. A tight, bright, virtually as new example. xx + 670 pp. with systematic index, alphabetical index with over 700 full- and partial- page illustrations (the frontispiece apparently was omitted from the first printing). An exemplary example.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E19877
- Title
- Insects At Home; being a Popular Account of All Those Insects Which Are Useful or Destructive..
- Author
- J.G. Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Rutter
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- nature, insects, bugs, beetles, butterflies, flies, ants,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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