Frail Children of the Air: Excursions into the World of Butterflies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Hardcover, no dust jacket, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, MA in 1895. 12mo, green tweed boards with gilt lettering on the spine, black lettering on the front cover, and a gilt and black circle of butterflies on the front cover. 279 pages including the Index plus a 12 page list with descriptions of other books on butterflies by the author bound in at the end. This hard to find original copy is in good condition. Text is lightly tanned and unmarked, binding is solid although there are 2 spine splits, 1 between a ffe and the title page at the front of the book and one in the list of the author’s other books at the end of the book. The cover has some scuff and edge wear, the gilt lettering on the spine is a bit faded and the lettering and gilt on the front cover is crisp and clear.
