Insect Biographies With Pen and Camera by John J. Ward
No Edition Remarks. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographic plates throughout with some sepia plates tipped to brown card. Colour tipped in frontis also on brown card. Pages are heavily tanned and thumbed at the edges. Heavy foxing throughout. Some mild cracking to gutters, heavy cracking to front and rear hinges with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Corners are dogeared in places. Heavy creasing and marks to frontispiece. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.