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Clapman, Arnold. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover BC edition (1968) published by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. in green cloth covered boards with gold spine lettering and embossed illustrations of insects on the front cover. Very Good condition with a G+ dust jacket. The corners and spine ends are rubbed with indented spine ends; otherwise, the covers are in great shape. The binding is tight though very slightly shelf-cocked. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Bookplate fixed to front paste-down. An organization stamp is neatly marked out on the front flyleaf. The interior pages are clean and unmarked with the exception of pp. 34-5 which has a faint tan rectangular stain (probably from the likes of a newspaper article). The book includes a brown and white graphical illustrated dust jacket which has some foxing and some edge wear and tear. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. This classic book is natural history at its best. The world of insects is Howard Evans' "little-known planet, " the realm of the cockroach and the cricket, the wasp and the bedbug. This is the most comprehensive and interesting book on bugs written to date. Chapters include, "The Universe as Seen from a Suburban Porch, " "Year of the Locust, " and "Water Lizards and Aerial Dragons." Howard Ensign Evans does a remarkable job explaining the appetites, jobs, and dangers of every possible crawling, flying and leaping insect. Even the lowly mosquito deserves respect and has a reason for being here, according to Evans. A real treat for every listener. 318 pages.