Nabokov's Blues. The scientific Odyssey of a literary Genius by Johnson, Kurt and Steve Coates - 1999

Steerforth Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Steerforth Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Brand: Zoland Books, 2000-10-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Zoland Books, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The dust jacket is protected by a clear plastic cover. Pages are clean, tight and bright. The dust jacket's original price is still present..

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Zoland Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Page edges a little dusty..

Cambridge: Zoland, 1999. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers like new, upper text edge foxed. Binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; clean, minimal wear. Lit. Stax.

mint hc, filed with Nabokov

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Zoland Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine./Fine.. First printing. Includes section of photographs; Index; Bibliography; glossary of Nabokovian Butterfly Names.

Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1999 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xii, 372 pp, preface and acknowledgments, Part I. The Aurelian; Part II. The Searchers; Part III. Nabokov's Blues; afterword, a glossary of binomial and commonNabokovian butterfly names, Nabokov's scientific publications on Blue butterflies, principal academic publications completing Nabokos's work on neotropical Blues, general bibliography. index with b&w illustrations. First Edition, 2000. "Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) had no formal training in biology, but during the 1940s he was an acknowledged expert on "Blues," a family of butterflies that inhabit some of the remotest parts of Latin and South America. In 1945 he published a radical new classification of Blues, a paper that initially caused a stir in the rarified field of lepidoptery. However, it was fifty years before scientists followed up on his pioneering work. Part biography and part detective… Read More

Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. cloth, xii, 372 pages :illustrated, maps, CONTENTS: The Aurelian --The Most Famous Lepidopterist in the World --A Tricky Subject --A Legendary Land --Lumpers and Splitters --A Life in Lepidoptery --The Searchers --Scientists and Strategy --The Incorrigible Continent --The Vertical Landscape --Finding the Frontiers --Dancing with Fire --Nabokov's Blues , The Code -- The Race to Name Nabokov's Blues -- Literature and Lepidoptera --Darwin's Finches--Nabokov's Blues --A Glossary of Binomial and Common Nabokovian Butterfly Names --Nabokov's Scientific Publications on Blue Butterflies --Principal Academic Publications Completing Nabokov's Work on Neotropical Blues. "If Vladimir Nabokov had never written a line of fiction, he would have an honored reputation as a naturalist.".Stephen Jay Gould; (from the dust jacket) Size: 8 vo, (24 cm).