The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand + A Supplement to The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
Author:
HUDSON, G V
Title:
The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand + A Supplement to The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
Publisher:
Ferguson & Osbourne 1928 /1939
Description:
EXTREMELY RARE, TWO VOLUMES 1928 FIRST EDITION WITH 1939 SUPPLEMENT. Quarto, half bound leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to main volume, gilt lettering & decoration to boards, speckled page edges to supplement, frontispiece+xi+386pp+61 plates to rear, 95pp+10 plates, illus/plates (all counted), Vol 1 VG (minor fading & soiling to spine, moderate chipping to spine/ hinges & board extrems with some loss, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/faxing & soiling to page edges, minor foxing/tanning to eps & prelims & rear eps, minor foxing sporadic throughout, sl tanning to page extrems). Vol 2 VG ( moderate fading to spine, moderate scuffing and minor loss to base of spine, moderate scuffing to board edges, sl scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to fep, sl foxing to prelims, sl foxing sporadic to rear).
Keywords:
first edition G V Hudson natural New Zealand history lepidopterology science nature moths butterflies illustrated plates