The Sacred Beetle and Others by J.H.Fabre - 1918

Librairie Delagrave, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Textblock is in French. Book has been rebound. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Ink stamp inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 The first of the authors three volumes on wasps, the others being The Mason Wasps and More Hunting Wasps. 425pp. Upper spine end rubbed otherwise vbery good throughout.

PARIS: CH. DELAGRAVE, 1890 Publisher's Original Green Cloth Boards with black blocked titles and decoration, 180 x 120 mm approx. All edges of book block stained red, [ii] + 524 pp. Many steel engravings mostly in text with double page colour map at end.French School Text book by a prominent French naturalist and entomologist.Enseignement Seconaire Des Jeunes Filles Sciences Naturelles Deuxieme Annee, 1890 VG ( No notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, a few foxing spots to prelims, book block cocked, oval purple ink stamp Briolat Louis to half title, title page and last text page. Binding sound). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Rinsen Bookstore, 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 11