INVENTORY #160197
Moths and Butterlies
BALLARD, Julia P.
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Classic entomology book by American naturalist Julia P. Ballard, first published in 1890 as a revised edition of her earlier work, Insect Lives. Charming text, such as "While some caterpillars are hairy, and look like little travelling clothes-brushes, others are knobbed or spiny, like the porcupine" (p. xxv).
Publication Info
- Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Edition: Revised Edition
- Date Published: 1891
- Place Published: New York
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Ex library-Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
xxxiv, 237 p. 22 cm. 103 b&w figs. Green cloth with black and gold impressing. Ex library with ink stamp for Wiarton Mechanics' Institute and an ink signature on a front endpaper. Spine a bit faded with marks on lower half, small tears in ends. Corners lightly bumped. Wrinkle in cloth at lower front. Small scuffs or dents in upper parts of both edges. Small ink notes and signature on tissue guard over frontispiece and title page. Cracking at title page. One signature jutting out a bit.