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The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors
by Salmon, MA
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- F/F/AS NEW
- ISBN 10
- 0520229630
- ISBN 13
- 9780520229631
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University of California Press, 2001-04-30. 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. F/F/AS NEW. 21.6 x 2.9 x 26.7 cm. Spare Room Shelf 1 HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Harley Books.* Binding and cover condition: Turquoise cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or faults to boards. FINE, AS NEW.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper ?Ninety-Four Degrees in the Shade by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, maroon titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. No visible faults. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE, AS NEW.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned end papers (indigo) showing a number of butterflies. No visible faults. FINE, AS NEW.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, line drawings and illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 374 pp. text. lviii pp., bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The Aurelian Legacy is a fascinating account of the men and women who have made valuable contributions to our knowledge of British butterflies and of their early and often complex history. It is not only a good read but also an excellent reference source for current and future lepidopterists as well as social historians.* A FINE, AS NEW copy of the 1st/1st thus with no visible faults in a FINE protected dust jacket.* 0
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors
- Author
- Salmon, MA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0520229630
- ISBN 13
- 9780520229631
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 2001-04-30
- Pages
- 432
- Size
- 21.6 x 2.9 x 26.7 cm
- X weight
- g
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