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Dragonflies [New Naturalist]

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Dragonflies [New Naturalist]

by Corbet, Philip S.; Cynthia Longfield, N. W. Moore

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London: Collins, 1960. Account of Britain's dragonflies, their physiology & behaviour. Number 41 of the splendid New Naturalist series, jacket art by Clifford & Rosemary Ellis. First edition. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, minor bubble to edge of front cover, hint of waterstains to edges of covers; price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed with some tanning to the spine, waterstains to flap hinges; pages unaffected; page 251/2 has a short tear & creases - a binding error. Text clean; xii, 260 pages; index, glossary, bibliography, appendixes, figures, maps, colour & b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Dragonflies [New Naturalist]
Author
Corbet, Philip S.; Cynthia Longfield, N. W. Moore
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Collins
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1960
Keywords
Entomology, Ecology, Odonata, Insects
Size
Octavo

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