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Carpenter, G. D. Hale

A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, with an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the Tse-Tse Fly

1920

151.34 €

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Year of publication
1920
Place of printing
New York. E. P. Dutton
Author
Carpenter, G. D. Hale
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa Naturalists Travels
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15.5]; xxiv, 333 pp, 87 illustrations including full-page, 2 color plates of butterflies, each with tissue guard and letterpress, tables, folding charts, large folding map. original cloth with gilt lettering and vignette on spine, uncut as issued, light corner wear, light crease on endpaper, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Although concentrating on entomology, making important observations on butterflies and flies, the author also describes local botany, birds and mammals, as well as ecologies. An important work.