Butterflies

Title: Butterflies (New Naturalist No. 1) Author: E. B. Ford Publisher / Date: Collins, London, 1946 Binding / Format: Hardcover, original cloth Edition: Early edition in the New Naturalist series Condition: Excellent Strong boards and tight binding Text and illustrations sharp; no inscriptions or markings Minimal foxing (very light, none affecting the text) Includes hundreds of black & white and colour plates Endpapers and page edges clean for the most part Dust jacket (if present) — mention condition or absence Description / Notes: A highly desirable copy of E. B. Ford’s classic Butterflies, the very first volume in the Collins New Naturalist series. This edition is well preserved: the binding is firm, and all pages and illustrations remain crisp and unblemished. It contains extensive photographic and illustrative plates (both monochrome and color). No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or other markings. A fine example for collectors of natural history and lepidoptery.