This like-new hardcover is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and unmarked, the book is tight, square, and unmarked. The dust jacket is in good condition, brown cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. Sharman Apt Russell blends her lush voice and keen scientific eye in this marvelous book about butterflies. From Hindu mythology to Aztec sacrifices, butterflies have served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation. A luminous journey through an exotic world of obsession and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who's ever watched a butterfly mid-flight and thought, as Russell has, "I've entered another dimension."