Description: 1891A Manual of North American ButterfliesBy Charles J. MaynardIllustrated with Ten Hand-Colored Plates, and Many Woodcuts Rare Antique Book ~ First Edition ~ Victorian Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding ~ Nature ~ Entomology ~ Lepidoptery ~ Insects ~ Color Plates Publisher:Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., 1891. Features:First Edition (No statement of edition. “1891” on copyright and title pages. No additional printings listed).Measures 8.9 x 6.1 inches.Original Victorian decorative-cloth publisher’s binding.Beautiful brown diamond-pattern cloth with embossed pictorial black and gold-gilt stamping.Ten full-page hand-colored plates including the frontispiece.Further illustrated with numerous wood engravings.226 pages. Condition:Very Good –.The covers are generally very clean and bright with a faint water stain to the top edge of both boards, light scuffs to the edges and corner tips, a small worn patch to the top rear corner, and minor wear to the spine ends. One small marker line to the top edge of the closed pages. The textblock is solid and square and the pages are generally very clean and bright with a small, light water spot to the top edge or corner of the last six plates and a few pages. Tiny tear at the top edge of one page. Neat old 1901 ink inscription to the front free endpaper. No other writing or marking.
Price: 125 USD
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-11-20T20:56:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.88 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Publisher's Binding, Color Plates, First Edition, Embossed, Gold-Gilt Stamping, Decorative Cloth, Victorian, Hand-Colored Plates
Author: Charles J. Maynard
Publisher: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
Topic: Wildlife
Printing Year: 1891
Subject: Outdoor & Nature
Year Printed: 1891
Original/Facsimile: Original
