Dragonflies
London: Collins, 1960. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xii]; 260pp. Very bright and handsome, very slight wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in an attractive Cliff and Rosemary Ellis dustjacket with some extremely light wear and a touch of toning to the spine and white rear panel. A near fine copy.
Number 39 in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist series, an extended library of natural history books by a number of notable authors, uniformly bound, and rather renowned amongst enthusiasts for their beautiful design and rather luxurious presentation.
Price: $400.00