Social Life in the Insect World
by Fabre, J. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned, owner name, newspaper clipping about Fabre glued to half-title.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Century Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned, owner name, newspaper . clipping about Fabre glued to half-title.. 1914. Hardcover. Red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine. Translated from the French by Bernard Miall. 14 black and white photograph reproductions, including a dramatic frontispiece featuring the female praying mantis in several fearsome positions. Index. A compilation of Fabre's writings about various insect species, including the cicada, the Italian cricket, the grey locust, emperor moth, sisyphus beetle, and pea-weevil, among others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36232
- Title
- Social Life in the Insect World
- Author
- Fabre, J. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned, owner name, newspaper clipping about Fabre glued to half-title.
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- INSECTS, ENTOMOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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