Beetles of the British Isles. - In 2 vols. (The Wayside and Woodland series)
by Linssen, E.F
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good-
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.. 2 vol. set. Red cloth, gilt titles, gilt beetle motif to upper boards. Vol. 1: comprising The Superfamilies Caraboidea, Palpicornia, Staphylinoidea and Diversicornia. 300pp. 19 col. plates; 20 b/w plates; numerous text figs. & diagrams. Vol. 2: comprising The Superfamilies Clavicornia, Heteromera, Lamellicornia, Phytophaga and Rhynchophora and including the Strepsiptera. 295pp. 44 col. plates; 43 b/w plates; numerous text figs. & diagrams. Both vols. have decorative red speckle edges to text. Slight shelf and edge wear to dust jackets; spines slightly sunned. Now in paper and clear plastic protective wrappers. Previous owner's name/address neatly inscribed to reverse half-title pages, o'wise contents are clean and bright. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Very Good. Hardcover. 1959.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112694
- Title
- Beetles of the British Isles. - In 2 vols. (The Wayside and Woodland series)
- Author
- Linssen, E.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 595
- Size
- 175mmx130mm.
- Keywords
- natural history insects arthropoda beetles entomology handbooks reference unit five
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