- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used
£ 9.22
Item description from seller
spot in the bottom margins of pp.90-91, and a pressing stain at pp.284-285; the green cloth hard cover shows an old range label at the; b/w illus + 6 color plates. Remarkable for; Engravings; Fair All pages present and clean except for remains of a card pocket on the front fixed endpaper, ink droplets obscuring a few letters on p.79, a tea spot the sewn binding is generally shaken, one signature fully detached (pp.239-254) lower spine, flaking and dimming of the gilt titles, small fabric tears and spots of fraying at spine ends and free corners, scratching and scuffing of the pastedown on the front board, and light handling prints around edges, yet retains some charm. 349pp. its illustrations and its approachable writing style, including here and there some commonplace-book elements as well as detailed instructions for collecting and examining specimens. This would make a good gift for an apprentice bookbinder. w illus + 6 color plates. Remarkable for.
Seller Inventory # 00092431
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Insect Life
- Author
- Comstock, J.H.
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company
- Publication year
- 1935
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Comstock, Anna Botsford
- Seller catalogs
- Nature & Ecology