The Life Of The Fly With Which Are Interspersed Some Chapters of cheapest Autobiography by J.H. Fabre. 1913. First Edition

Dodd, Mead and Company. 1913 [c. 1913] First Edition; 477 pp.; 8vo; Brick colored cloth boards with flies stamped into board; Gilt title to front and spine; Slight soiling to front board and fading to spine; Slightly rubbed corners and spine ends; Small bookplate to front free end paper; Slight darkening to page edges but a very clean, tight copy; Very Good Condition; Was $75.00 A fascinating loving look at insect natural history and biology by a passionate reclusive amatuer with a compulsively readable style. The author wrote in the late 1800's and was only "discovered" late in his life. His works remain justly popular. cheapest