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An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
by Russell, Sharman Apt
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0738206997
- ISBN 13
- 9780738206998
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003. Author's ink signature on title page. First Edition, 1st Printing. Dark brown end pages, clean and tight textblock. All page edges are clean. Brown paper spine, tan marbled paper boards. Unclipped dust jacket, lightly edge or shelf worn. 238pp., including selected bibliography and notes, and index.. Signed by Author. First Edition/1st Printing. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Sharman Apt Russell. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB11919
- Title
- An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
- Author
- Russell, Sharman Apt
- Illustrator
- Sharman Apt Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0738206997
- ISBN 13
- 9780738206998
- Publisher
- Perseus Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Butterfly Studies, Butterfly History, Butterfly Scientific Studies, Entomology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History & Nature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 12mo
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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