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Published by SALEM HOUSE PUB., TOPSFIELD, MA., 1986
ISBN 10: 0881623075ISBN 13: 9780881623079
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition.
Published by Little Brown, Boston, 1984
ISBN 10: 0316289426ISBN 13: 9780316289429
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First American Edition. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 223 pages including black-and-white illustrations, plus additional in full colour; gently bumped at spine ends, but very gently used, very clean and unmarked; DJ has several tiny chips, two short tears at spine bottom, now in new mylar protector. See also our listing for Robert Goodden's Beningfield's Butterflies : Paintings and Drawings by Gordon Beningfield.
Published by Collins, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0002165147ISBN 13: 9780002165143
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Small previous owners name covered in white-out on front free endpaper. Illustrated with Colour plates and Black & White Photographs. 224pages. Edited by W.F. Carter. The life and loves of inveterate butterfly hunter and diarist, Margaret Fountaine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Penguin Books, Markham, Ontario, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140060669ISBN 13: 9780140060669
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Vintage Photos (illustrator). Reprint. Cover has creases, pages tanned, otherwise clean and well bound. Margaret Fountaine was a country clergyman's daughter, born in 1862. Rejecting her conventional upbringing and being in possession of a modest private income, she set out on a 'wild and fearless' life which took her all over the world. Her diaries are sometimes sad, often funny, and always fascinating. Men whom dear Mamma would have called most unsuitable fell for her and she describes them all.
Published by William Collins, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0002165147ISBN 13: 9780002165143
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Colour and Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Price clipped dust jacket has light wear along top edge, name plate, small stain front end page, otherwise without flaw. Born in 1862, Margaret Fountaine was a country clergyman's daughter. Rejecting her conventional upbringing and being in possession of a modest private income, she set out on a 'wild and fearless' life which took her all over the world hunting for butterflies. Her diaries are sometimes sad, often funny, and always fascinating. Men whom dear Mamma would have called most unsuitable fell for her and she describes them all. Beautifully illustrated with vintage photographs of Fountaine's travels and with colour photographs of some of the 22,000 butterflies which she collected and bequeathed, along with her diaries, to the Castle Museum at Norwich where she had spent her girlhood.