Puffin Story Book PS9. 1st edition, published 1942.
A charming story of a young family, The Yew Trees, travelling to the south of France to trace the footprints of Jean-Henri Fabre - a founding father in the field of entomology. Doorly successfully combines the wonder of scientific discovery with travel and the biography of a self-taught early entomologist. An old-fashioned 'biography for children' book, with a gorgeous evocation of the landscape of southern France in which Fabre lived!
Condition grading: Good Minus. Foxing to front cover. Loss to bottom of spine. Creases to bottom left of rear cover. Damage to right edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Puffin Story Book PS9. 1st edition, published 1942.
A charming story of a young family, The Yew Trees, travelling to the south of France to trace the footprints of Jean-Henri Fabre - a founding father in the field of entomology. Doorly successfully combines the wonder of scientific discovery with travel and the biography of a self-taught early entomologist. An old-fashioned 'biography for children' book, with a gorgeous evocation of the landscape of southern France in which Fabre lived!
Condition grading: Good Minus. Foxing to front cover. Loss to bottom of spine. Creases to bottom left of rear cover. Damage to right edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
