European Butterflies and Moths
by Kirby, W.F.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Cassell and Company Ltd. 1898 Hardcover, First edition, Two volume set , each book in quarter leather bindings no dustjacket. A total of 427 pages with 61 hand-coloured plates as called for. With a systematic arrangement of families and genera . Originally published in one volume . This has been bound in two volumes so only volume 1 has a title page.A Very Good set with very light handling wear to fawn cloth and very light foxing to early pages and end-papers, but not affecting plates. No inscriptions but with a previous owners name or binders name stamped into spine leather on both volumes.Pictures available.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36982
- Title
- European Butterflies and Moths
- Author
- Kirby, W.F.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Cassell and Company Ltd. 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
David Ford Books
Payment by GB Sterling Pound cheque, Bank Transfer, PAYPAL. Any extra postage required will be quoted at time of order confirmation.
Books may be returned within 7 days, with prior notification, if not as described
About the Seller
David Ford Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
Member of Provincial Bookfairs Association.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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