NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY PETER MARREN AND BASIL HARLEY. THIS THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE BOOK INCLUDES A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTERFLY COLLECTING IN BRITAIN AND OF THE EQUIPMENT USED; BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF 101 DECEASED LEPIDOPTERISTS GENEROUSLY LACED WITH ANECDOTES AND QUOTATIONS AND MANY CONTEMPORARY MONOCHROME PORTRAITS; ACCOUNTS OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST; AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECT OF COLLECTING AND OF CURRENT CONSERVATION POLICIES.
QUARTO TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE IN GREEN CLOTH ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES. WITH COLOUR PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY GRUBBY AND REPAIRED DUSTWRAP. FOREWORD BY SIR GEORGE THOMSON.PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME ON F.E.P. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
