BUMBLEBEES AND THEIR WAYS. Inscribed and signed by O.E. Plath.
New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good- condition. Item #020468
xviii, 201 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, eight black and white plates containing 18 illustrations, and 20 black and white in-text figures. Original hardcover binding is heavily sunned on the spine and rear board, with significant rubbing to the head of the spine, and small spots of discoloration. Lacks the dustjacket; protected in custom-fitted archival Mylar. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper "To the Fultzes with the compliments of [signed] O.E. Plath." The author of the book, who is the father of poet Sylvia Plath, died when she was eight years old. The text is clean and unmarked. Height = 221mm. First edition.
Price: $2,000.00