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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943. Book. Illus. by Fritz Eichenberg, Illustrator. Very Good++. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean unfaded green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (previous owner bookplate on half-title page). Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. 193 pages with Bibliography. Illustrated dust jacket is clean, has some shallow edge chipping, price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Jean Henri Fabre was past ninety when a tremendous Fabre Jubilee was held in belated recognition of his long years of steadfast achievement in the study of the life histories, habits, and instincts of the creatures of the insect world. Friend of Charles Darwin and John Stuart Mill, winner of the Montyon prize for experimental physiology, recipient of the Legon of Honor, author of the ten-volume work,…
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