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South Richard

The Moths of the British Isles. First Series [with] Second Series. Edited and revised H.M. Edelsten and D.S. Fletcher. [Fourth Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Warne, 1961

46.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1961
Author
South Richard
Publishers
Warne
Keyword
natural history, insects, moths, lepidoptera, ww, wayside woodland, richard south, richard south, natural history, wayside, woodland, moths, british, isles
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., 8vo., Fourth Edition, with coloured frontispieces, coloured and monochrome plates, photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of blue faux-morocco, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt backs, blue sprinkled edges, hinges tender (but bindings entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed at edges. The set comprises: Vol. I: Families Sphingidae to Noctuidae; Vol. II: Families Noctuidae to Hepialidae. Bright set of one of the most successful of all W&W titles. 'South' remained the standard work on British moths until 1984 - an extraordinary reign of nearly eighty years' (Marren). Marren, pp.146-148.
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