Sir John Lubbock; J. G. Myers (ed.) — Ants Bees and Wasps

London & New York, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this observational study of insects with colour plates and illustrations. First edition thus of Ants Bees and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera by Sir John Lubbock in the original publisher's green cloth binding. A new edition based on the seventeenth edition edited and annotated by J. G. Myers. Illustrated throughout the text in black and white and with two monochrome plates to the rear and four colour plates by A. J. E. Terzi. Collated complete.Prior owner's ink inscription from 1930 to the first free endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is a tear to the front joint and some loss to the cloth in this area. There are some light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription from 1930 to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good . Ill.: A. J. E. Terzi. Good .