499 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, red leather, gilt lettering and decor, [xvi] + 499 glossy pages, tan endpapers, all edges gilt, page-marker ribbon bound in, 2 indexes, bibliography, glossary, hundreds of b/w diagrams in text, over 1000 moths shown actual size on 64 full-page glossy plates, of which 14 plates are in full color. ; 50th Anniversary Edition stated. Photos by Tatiana Dominick and Harold H. Norvell. Drawings by Elaine R. Snyder Hodges and author. ; Book shows no sign of use, however, publisher bookplate, illustrated in b/w with moths, affixed to front endpaper with owner name penned on. No other defects. ; Peterson Guide Series