Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits with Means of Prevention and Remedy

Eleanor A. Ormerod

Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., London, 1898

About this Item

An illustrated first edition of this practical handbook on insects and gardening by a pioneer English entomologist. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in text illustrations throughout.A work by Eleanor Anne Ormerod, who was a pioneer English entomologist. Based on her studies in agriculture, she became one of the first to define the field of agricultural entomology.Belonging to the landed gentry, Ormerod worked as an honorary consulting entomologist with the Royal Agricultural Society of Englandand received no pay for any of her work.This volume is a practical handbook on how to prevent insects eating fruit and other plants. In publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Rubbing to joints, Fading to spine. Odd mark to boards, with slight damp staining to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Rear free endpaper loosening to head of page. Ink inscription to half title page. Final page of volume ripped out. Good.

Seller Inventory # 991G14

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits with Means of Prevention and Remedy
• Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1898
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book