Notes & Views of the Purple Emperor

I. R. P. Heslop; G. E. Hyde; R. E. Stockley

Published by The Southern Publishing Co Ltd, England, 1964

About this Item

The first edition of this illustrated monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by one of the authors. The first edition.Presentation copy. Inscribed by one of the authors (R. E. Stockley) to the front free endpaper; "To Clive Wishing you every success with the London Butterfly House. 17th June 1981 Roy. E. Stockley".With a postcard addressed to the author's friend 'Clive', whom this work was gifted to, from his friend, Sir Christopher Lever, thanking Clive for lending him the book and discussing his experiences with the Purple Emperor butterfly. Christopher Lever was a zoologist and author of works on nature.Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece and 15 monochrome and colour plates. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work was written as a collaboration between I. R. P. Heslop, G. E. Hyde and R. E. Stockley and provides a comprehensive monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly. The work consists of a collection of papers from the three authors on the butterfly in focus and is accompanied by photographic plates taken by G. E. Hyde including portraits of the authors. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only slight bumping to the tail of the spine and to the extremities of the boards. Ink inscription by the author to front free endpaper with only a very minor mark to the front pastedown. The wrap is generally smart with minor chipping, marks, very minor loss to the tail of the front and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 881Z45

Bibliographic Details

Title: Notes & Views of the Purple Emperor

Publisher: The Southern Publishing Co Ltd, England

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: G. E. Hyde

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: signed by author

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book