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A History of British Butterflies
by Morris, F.O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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IVER, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1904. viii, 234, [2], 79 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (250x180mm), cont. half leather, minor rubbing to joints, corners slightly worn, raised bands to spine, gt tooling to compartments, teg, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers. Very good.. Ninth edition, with 79 plates specially corrected for this edition, and all coloured by hand; two additional uncoloured plates illustrating butterfly collecting equipment..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A50559
- Title
- A History of British Butterflies
- Author
- Morris, F.O
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Britain; Butterflies; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Fine Binding; Hand-coloured plates
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About Pemberley Natural History Books
Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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