African Insect Life

8vo; original black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. viii + (ii) + 387, incl. index; plates, incl. colour; line drawings in text. Light wear to extremities; gift inscription to front pastedown; some foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. First edition of this natural history classic. "This book, written in language as simple as is consistent with scientific accuracy, is intended mainly for the amateur student of natural history, for the farmer, gardener and householder who wish to know something about the numerous insect friends and foes they see about them. . The insects are dealt with in systematic order, beginning with the most primitive, and the arrangement given in A. D. Imms' well-known Textbook of Entomology is followed, except for the highest orders.".