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First edition. Quarter-leather over red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Colour page-blocks. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate on inside. Frontispiece plate. Full-page plates. In-text illustrations. Sporadic foxing. "Covers insects, harvesting ants, geometrical spiders, butterflies, moths, glow worms, shells, mammals and birds. Keen observations of the area's flora and fauna.A very nice copy.

Publisher: H. F. & G. Witherby., London

Author: R. W. G. Hingston

Date Published: 1920

Binding: Quarter-leather

Condition: Good

Reference: #39

Weight: 765g

Reserve: $15.00

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