This beautiful edition of Familiar Butterflies and Moths by W F Kirby was published by Cassell and Company Ltd in 1901. It's bound in original green cloth with pictorial decoration of moths and butterflies and gilt lettering to the front and spine.
It's in very good condition, with light wear and bumping to the corners and minor marks to the boards. The spine is slightly sunned, whilst crushing to the spine ends has caused minor splitting in the cloth. There is slight air bubbling to the cloth covering the back board and faint foxing to the text block edges.
Inside, the pages show uneven age toning with sporadic foxing and handling marks. There are occasional chips to the page edges and cracks to the gutter. The frontispiece is loose at the bottom.
The book has 144 pages with eighteen colour plates showing 216 illustrations in total. Dimensions approximately 24.7cm x 19.2cm x 2.3cm.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).