The Year of the Ant
by Ordish, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684155230
- ISBN 13
- 9780684155234
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978, hardcover, xi-139 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight rubs, one short closed edge tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The prolific author of Wine Growing in England, Man, Crops and Pests in Central America, and The Year of the Butterfly presents the story of Labora, a worker ant in a colony of wood ants, follows her life cycle through a year, and illustrates the seasonal adaptations, propagation cycle, and social structure of one of the earth's most numerous creatures. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Clarke Hutton. Appended: Notes, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780684155234
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10966
- Title
- The Year of the Ant
- Author
- Ordish, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing by numberline
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684155230
- ISBN 13
- 9780684155234
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Entomology; Science; Wood ant
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