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Malaysian Butterflies: An Introduction
by Yong Hoi-Sen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 9677300172
- ISBN 13
- 9789677300170
- Seller
-
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Kuala Lumpur: Tropical Press Sdn Bhd, 1983. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Although, according to this book's preface, butterflies aren't mentioned in the Bible, they've captivated everyone else. Raffles and Alfred Russel Wallace were amongst the first Western visitors to marvel at the rich varieties of the species in the Malay Archipelago. This book has ample colour photographs of butterflies in their natural habitat with accompanying text ideal for the new comer without being simplistic. The author was editor of Nature Malaysiana when he wrote this book. 152 pages. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia There is minor wear to the dust jacket and cover. Otherwise the book looks new
Reviews
On Jun 15 2012, Audreygary20012yahoocom said:
This is a superb book for any butterfly lover wishing to have a quick overview of the winged treasures occuring in Malaysia.It has very good and attractive photographs of butterflies in their natural habitat and the best thing about the book is the fact that it is written by a Professor of Biology and readers' can be asssured that its contents are scientifically sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML1632
- Title
- Malaysian Butterflies: An Introduction
- Author
- Yong Hoi-Sen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third printing
- ISBN 10
- 9677300172
- ISBN 13
- 9789677300170
- Publisher
- Tropical Press Sdn Bhd
- Place of Publication
- Kuala Lumpur
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Butterflies - Handbook
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About the Seller
The Penang Bookshelf
Biblio member since 2010
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
About The Penang Bookshelf
The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!
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