The World of the Monarch Butterfly (First Edition)

Eric S. Grace

ISBN 10: 0871569817 / ISBN 13: 9780871569813

Published by Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1997

About this Item

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1997. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publisher s original price intact on jacket flap ($27.50). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy, new and unread. Square octavo, 114 pages. Illustrated throughout with vivid full-color photographs, including close-ups of larvae, chrysalis stages, mating pairs, and vast overwintering colonies in Mexico. An in-depth natural history of the monarch butterfly, integrating scientific insight with stunning visual documentation. Grace covers the monarch s complete life cycle from egg to caterpillar to adult along with its remarkable multigenerational migration across North America. The book also addresses environmental threats to monarch populations and the importance of milkweed habitats. The photographs, many taken in the field, offer an intimate and dramatic view of one of nature s most iconic species. A perfect unread copy. 4700Q.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World of the Monarch Butterfly (First Edition)
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871569817
• ISBN 13: 9780871569813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Captures the essence of the fragile yet hardy monarch butterfly in text and color photos, detailing the life of a monarch, migration, the monarch's world, and the need for conservation. Oversize, 9.75x9.75". Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author

Eric S. Grace is the author of numerous books, including Wonderstruck, Whale and Biotechnology Unzipped, and he has written for The Nature of Things and Science Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in zoology from Aberdeen University in Scotland. Grace makes his home in Victoria, British Columbia.