John Burton, The Oxford Book of Insects, 1968, HC, Very Good

Burton, John. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1968. 

English, First Edition, Very Good, HC, 4to, 7 ⅛” x 9 ¾," 208 pp.

Brown woven cloth over boards, light green stamped titling to front and spine, in publisher’s brown dust jacket with full-color illustration to front, tan text to front and spine, black text to inner flaps. Very minor edgewear, very mild bumping to head and tail of spine, very mild age toning, mild soiling to fore-edge, otherwise clean throughout, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Very Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild age toning, very minor edgewear, minor mark to spine near tail, mild shelfwear to sleeve, otherwise excellent. 208 pp. Replete with full-color illustrations. Illustrations by Joyce Bee, Derek Whiteley, and Peter Parks, text by John Burton with I. H. H. Yarrow, A. A. Allen, L. Parameter, and I. Lansbury. Part of an Oxford Books series. This book covers a diverse selection of insects found in Great Britain. Each insect is depicted in a full-color illustration with other members of its order accompanied by descriptive text of its appearance, dwelling, and unique characteristics. From the dust jacket: “The emphasis is largely on behaviour, which, in the case of many insects, is a fascinating study. At the end of the book there are separate chapters on classification of the different orders and their characteristics, on such subjects as metamorphosis, migration, and social behaviour.”