Love Among the Butterflies, The Secret Life of a Victorian Lady by Fountaine, Margaret - 1980

Boston, MA: Little Brown. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316289426 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tiny chips missing, along with one semi-closed tear to the top front panel. "Fountaine was an accomplished natural history illustrator and had a great love and knowledge of butterflies, travelling and collecting extensively through Europe, South Africa, India, Tibet, America, Australia and the West Indies, publishing numerous papers on her work. She raised many of the butterflies from eggs or caterpillars, producing specimens of great quality, 22,000 of which are housed at the Norwich Castle Museum and known as the Fountaine-Neimy… Read More

little women, 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.