An Obsession With Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect

Basic Books, USA, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Duodecimo12mo. 238 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The cover has some crease marks. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary collectors and dedicated scientists who have obsessively catalogued new species of Lepidoptera. A luminous journey through an exotic world of passion and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever experienced the enchantment of butterflies. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Natural History & Resources; ISBN: 0465071600. ISBN/EAN: 9780465071609. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3715. . 9780465071609