Butterflies and Moths.
by Werner, Alfred & Bijok, Josef (Text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Andre Deutsch. The nature and habits of these insects. Introductory essay by the Lepidopterist, Josef Bijok. 42 colour plates with detailed captions, encompassing two hundred of the most beautiful specimens. Endpaper maps show the distribution of butterflies and moths throughout the world. 126 pages. Reprint. New and enlarged edition. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Good. Some mild edge-wear with wear to the header. Foxing to verso. Binding: Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with gilt image of butterfly sitting on flowers. Decoration to spine. Foxing to lower edges.
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- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306567
- Title
- Butterflies and Moths.
- Author
- Werner, Alfred & Bijok, Josef (Text)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
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Cape Town
About Quagga Books
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Verso
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Reprint
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