First edition, first impression. xvi, 528pp, with illustrations, charts, diagrams etc in text. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 4to. A former university library copy with light library markings on the front and rear endpapers, stamps on the title page and first page of contents, tape over spine. Cloth a little worn, gently pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring some light pencil annotations on the contents page and the stated library markings.
A compendious, scholarly volume regarding the black fly and its various sub-species, covering its ecology, habitat, incidence and prevalence, future taxonomy, fly populations, feeding strategies, epidemiology, population management etc.
