NABOKOV'S BLUES : the scientific odyssey of a literary Genius
by Johnson,Kurt, Steve Coates
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1581950098
- ISBN 13
- 9781581950090
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. cloth, xii, 372 pages :illustrated, maps, CONTENTS: The Aurelian --The Most Famous Lepidopterist in the World --A Tricky Subject --A Legendary Land --Lumpers and Splitters --A Life in Lepidoptery --The Searchers --Scientists and Strategy --The Incorrigible Continent --The Vertical Landscape --Finding the Frontiers --Dancing with Fire --Nabokov's Blues , The Code -- The Race to Name Nabokov's Blues -- Literature and Lepidoptera --Darwin's Finches--Nabokov's Blues --A Glossary of Binomial and Common Nabokovian Butterfly Names --Nabokov's Scientific Publications on Blue Butterflies --Principal Academic Publications Completing Nabokov's Work on Neotropical Blues. "If Vladimir Nabokov had never written a line of fiction, he would have an honored reputation as a naturalist.".Stephen Jay Gould; (from the dust jacket) Size: 8 vo, (24 cm).
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1124025
- Title
- NABOKOV'S BLUES : the scientific odyssey of a literary Genius
- Author
- Johnson,Kurt, Steve Coates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1581950098
- ISBN 13
- 9781581950090
- Publisher
- Zoland Books
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- NABOKOV, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH, -- 1899-1977., ENTOMOLOGISTS UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY.,BUTTERFLIES.,ENTOMOLOGISTES ETATS-UNIS BIOGRAPHIES., PAPILLONS DANS LA LITTERATURE. LEPIDOPTEROLOGIE.,INSEKTEN. ,
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- Technology/Science; Literature; Biography & Autobiography;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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