The Life of the Caterpillar
by J. Henri Fabre (de Mattos, trans)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
ND (1929). Blue balloon cloth over thin boards, gilt letters; Bernhard end papers. Clean covers are lightly scuffed with fading at edges; spine is faded and mottled with foxing-like spots; tightly bound; clean interior. This is Toledano spine #4, but uncommonly bound in balloon cloth rather than leatherette. 16mo, 376; index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00419
- Title
- The Life of the Caterpillar
- Author
- J. Henri Fabre (de Mattos, trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Modern Library
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- NATURE, GENETICS, EVOLUTION, INSECTS, BIOLOGISTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature, Science;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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