HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1916* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, faded gilt title to spine and to face with gilt insect design as frame. No bumps, minor rubbing to corners, edges and hinges. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Xmas dedication (1916) to front paste-down. Clean, crisp, and tight with only minor reading wear. Severe tanning to margins and all edges. Slight foxing to leading and last few pages. GD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 386 pp. text. xii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The first of three volumes of essays on wasps translated from the French by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. This is a serious treatise on insects and their behaviour patterns. It is an early attempt to explain the social structure of insect communities and was considered groundbreaking when first published..* A GOOD copy of the 1st. edition with ageing and some shelf wear but no dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4101
Title: THE HUNTING WASPS. The Works of J.H. Fabre
Author: Fabre, Henri J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - GD/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: London Uk 386
Date Published: 1916-01-01
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