House-Flies and How They Spread Disease by Hewitt, C. G - 1912

Cambridge at the University Press, Cambridge, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. preface by author, bibliography and index the text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph or illustration. Pink coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip.An early work on the disease carrying capacity of the common housefly. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Staining, causing fading, to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel with sunning of the backstrip. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. Offset tanning and some browning of the endpapers and the rear hinge has cracked. Scattered foxing throughout the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XII, 122, [6 – of which four are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Etymology; Inventory No: 0117908. .