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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST of the United States
by Wright, William Greenwood
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
San Bernardino, California: Published by the Author, W. G. Wright, 1906. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. 2nd edition, 1906. A Very Good copy. 4to., 257, vii pp., illustrated with 32 color plates with tissue guards. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Spine lightly sunned. With a printed insert from the author/publisher, which reads, in part "At the great fire in San Francisco, April 18, 1906, all the items going to make up this book, consisting of everything in the printer's and the binder's hands, and the finished books in the custody of the publishers, all were destroyed. And as the stereotype plates from which the book was printed were lost with the rest, the book cannot be printed anew. Only a few dozen copies of the book were in the Author's hands in another city at the time of the fire and so were not burned..." Full subtitle: Illustrated with 940 figures in Color-photography of Butterflies from the West Coast, nearly all of which were captured by the Author, with accurate data for each specimen. With Colored figures and descriptions of many new species and new varieties now published.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27179
- Title
- THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST of the United States
- Author
- Wright, William Greenwood
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Published by the Author, W. G. Wright
- Place of Publication
- San Bernardino, California
- Date Published
- 1906
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- New
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