The Observer's Book of Common Insects & Spiders.

E.F.Newman.

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ISBN 10: 0723200904 ISBN 13: 9780723200901

Published by Frederick Warne and Co Ltd, London UK., 1964

Language: English

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HARDBACK ?VOLUME 17 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication:1964(1953).* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Light green cloth, dark green title to spine and face. No bumps, or rubs, minimal age to top & bottom edges, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to dust wrapper front cover showing five beetles. Not price clipped, with shelf price of 5/- net. Red & green titles to face, red to spine, red and green wavy line to top and bottom edges. Considerable shelf wear to top and bottom edges & to head & tail of spine. Now re-inforced and in a protective unattached clear jacket. Overall slightly grubby. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minor reading wear, no marks to text, some age to top & fore-edge. A few age marks to rear paste-down. VG++* Illustrations: 322 illustrations, 32 in colour, and b/w figures within the text throughout.* Pages: 114 pp. text. xv pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: In this concise pocket volume, each of the twenty-one orders of insects found in the British Isles has been outlined, and over 300 of the more common species are given in the text. Representatives of the Spider class have been included at the end of the book, since these are, both from ecological and from popular points of view, often closely associated with Insects.* A near VG++ text copy of this 1st, impression of the 2nd revised edition, with some age and wear reducing it to GD. Jacket now re-inforced & in a clear un-attached protective cover.*.

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Title: The Observer's Book of Common Insects & Spiders.
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co Ltd, London UK.
Publication Date: 1964
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0723200904
ISBN 13: 9780723200901
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Printing: 2nd Printing
Condition: VG++/VG++/GD

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