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FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
by Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph; Fabre, Jean-Henri; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander; Detmold, E. J
- Used
- Condition
- Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1937. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. New edition, sixth printing of this beautiful and popular entomological work, featuring engaging writing and beautiful illustrations. Based on Jean-Henri Fabre's French entomological work of 1879, this edition of FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS features soft-focus, Art Nouveau-esque insect illustrations by E. J. Detmold. 10'' x 7.5''. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and embellishment. Original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket. Green topstain. Tipped in color frontispiece and guard paper with 11 tipped-in color illustrations and guard papers. 272 pages. Jacket with a bit of edgewear and scuffing; a couple of 1'' or less closed tears. Small old tape repair to verso. Binding with a touch of bumping spine ends. Tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38807
- Title
- FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
- Author
- Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph; Fabre, Jean-Henri; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander; Detmold, E. J
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- 20th century,Insects,Golden Age,Pictorial Cloth,Natural History,Picture Book,Gift Pict Cloth
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
Glossary
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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