Insect Enemies of Books
Published by New York Public Library, New York, 1945
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 12, 2003
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 20.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Staple bound 8vo. in printed wrappers. 63 pp. with extensive bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs exhibiting various types of insect damage to books and the insects that make it. Monograph on the dangers of what are generally referred to as "bookworms", the insects that cause damage to bindings and text pages. These include the book louse, the silver-fish, cockroaches, the "drugstore beetle", white marked spider beetle, larder beetle, Mexican book beetle, moths, termites, white ants, etc. Each section describes the pests, their unusual habitats, what they feed on, and how to control or destroy them. Very good, wrapper edges toned and with a small edge chip.
Seller Inventory # E36922
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Insect Enemies of Books
- Author
- Harry B. Weiss and Ralph H. Carruthers
- Publisher
- New York Public Library, New York
- Publication year
- 1945
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Wraps
- Seller catalogs
- Antiques
Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
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