London: Cassell & Co. Bound in brown cloth, with black and white lettering and beetle/moth line drawing decoration to front board, this hardcover First Edition is close VG. (X)/182pp with Index of Latin/English names, 12 coloured plates with tissue guards and 16 chapters including capture/collecting and preparation for the cabinet. Top/tail of spine slightly worn, odd marks to boards, slight foxing to tissue guards, slight yellowing of some page edges, inscript dated 1892 on FFEP. Minor faults but close VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1892.

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Bookseller: Camillas Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002935
Title: Beetles, Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects
Author: Kappel, A.W. & Kirby, W. Egmont
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cassell & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: Beetles, Butterflies and Other Insects, A.W. Kappel & W. Egmont Kirby, Insects, Natural History, Moth Collecting
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.

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