SOUTH [F.R.E.S],RICHARD**:: THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES:SERIES TWO

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SOUTH [F.R.E.S],RICHARD**: : THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES:SERIES TWO

LONDON FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD.,1961.

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UK,12mo HB,(new edn)1st edn thus.[Originally published 1908,2nd-4th imp 1917-1919 respectively,a new edn 1923 and then 2 reprints (1926-33), a further new edn 1939 again, reprinted 4 times (1941-1948).This new edn,1961,is the Series Two volume.]NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but school's library (Devon County Education Committee - Poughill,C. of E. School) oval,inked library stamp to front pastedown - no other library labels/marks/numbers present,minus issued dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,blue faux-leather bds with a bright,crisp,stamped moth's silhouette stamped to centre of upper bd,stamped,black ink letters below it and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters above silhouette and also to spine/backstrip,with negligible shelf-wear to edges and square corners,with blue+white vignette photographic illustrated endpapers.Front hinge cracked (between colour frntis and title page) - pastedowns unaffected and solid.Blue,printed ink,spotted top+ fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - otherwise clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,12mo HB (new edn),1st thus,5-379pp [paginated] includes preface to present edn,original preface (1908),141 mixed b/w+colour plates, containing 762 colour figures, profuse b/w illus+photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a general index and a scientific names index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,colour illustrated frntis and title-page - recto of which has an errata slip pasted to it. Richard South,(F.R.E.S),is also the author of 'The Butterflies of the British Isles', and the editor of 'The Entomologist'.This volume (Second Series) edited and revised by H. M. Edelsten (OBE,F.R.E.S), D. S. Fletcher (F.R.E.S) and J.Collins,(F.R.E.S).This volume comprises the families Lasiocampidae,Arctiidae, Geometridae,Cossidae,Limacodidae, Zygaenidae,Sensiidae and Hepialidae. An entomological guidebook to Lepidoptera_heterocera_Rhopalocera, and a volume from Warne's celebrated,popular,collectable 'Wayside and Woodland Series'.See rja458913 and rja459113 for other volumes from the same series. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,(new edn)1st thus.

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