BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE BY F. EDWARD HULME 1903 FINE BINDING

[HULME, F. EDWARD]. Butterflies and Moths of the Country Side. With Thirty-Five Coloured Plates by the Author. Published by Hutchinson & Co, London, 1903.

First edition. Hardcover. Leather-bound. Quarto (260 x 200 mm.), pp. [xx], 300. With 35 splendid colored plates, including the frontispiece, each plate with a tissue guard. Stunning binding of half crimson morocco, signed by Hatchards. Gilt ruling and tooling to spine and covers. Top page edges gilt, other edges uneven. Half-title present. Title-page in red and black. Printed by Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ltd. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight and secure, the hinges perfectly intact. The covers with minor handling marks only. Contents near pristine with light spotting to fore edge. Without previous ownership markings.