Society Islands Insects
by Light, S. F. and collaborators
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Tight and clean copy in very good condition.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1935. First edition. Tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 156, numerous text-figures. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original brown printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 113 and Pacific Entomological Survey Publication No. 6. Scarce work on the insect fauna of the Society islands. Contains 31 separate papers by noted authorities in the field. From the private library of Herbert S. Wallace with his name stamp and signature on the front wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3468
- Title
- Society Islands Insects
- Author
- Light, S. F. and collaborators
- Book Condition
- Used - Tight and clean copy in very good condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1935. First edition
- Keywords
- Entomology insects bugs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entomology;
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
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