A POCKET-BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS AND OTHER WINGED INSECTS
by C.A.Hall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+ /VG/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1943 (1938)* Publisher: Adam & Charles Black.* Binding and cover condition: Light blue-grey cloth, dark blue title to spine and face. No bumps, minor rubs to head and tail of spine which is slightly faded & has a slight lean. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or foxing. Has small tear (repaired) to page 115/116. VG+* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 137 pp. text. iii pp. index at rear.* Description: One of a series of Pocket-Books issued by Adam & Charles Black. With 40 plates illustrating over 300 species. In addition to Butterflies and Moths this volume covers May-Flies, Caddis-Flies, Dragon-Flies, Humble Bees and Social Wasps, nymphs, larvae & eggs. Index at rear. Bearing in mind that the first edition was printed in 1938, this is an interesting window on British winged insects between the wars.* A VG copy with no major faults but without dust jacket.*
Synopsis
FRANK and JOAN SHAW live in Hinckley, Leicestershire. They have four children and nine grandchildren. They were born and raised in Deal, Kent and this is where they spent the war. The idea of the We Remember series came when their granddaughter asked them about the Second World War for a school project. Frank and Joan decided more memories needed to be committed to paper, and they wrote to 700 local newspapers throughout the country asking just that. They were flooded with letters, which they then self-published as five hardback books, raising over £100,000 for the British Legion. Ebury Press are excited to be republishing them over 20 years later, starting with We Remember the Home Guard , with all royalties again going to the British Legion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4523
- Title
- A POCKET-BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS AND OTHER WINGED INSECTS
- Author
- C.A.Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ /VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- A & C Black
- Place of Publication
- London UK 137
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