UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1862 BOOK ''A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION'' BY THADDEUS WILLIAM HARRIS AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM WHITE. HARDCOVER APP.  6.25'' X 9.25'' AND 640 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE 1862 AND STATED ''THIRD EDITION'', ILLUSTRATED AND WITH COLOR PLATES, THE FRONTISPIECE COLOR PLATE IS MISSING, EX-LIBRARY, A FEW PAGES HAVE MINOR TAN FOXING TYPE SPOTS, THE BINDING HAS CRACKED AROUND THE MIDDLE AREA AND IS SPLITTING, A VERY SMALL SECTION OF THE BINDING IS STARTING TO SEPARATE AND PROTRUDES SLIGHTLY, ANOTHER VERY SMALL SECTION OF THE BINDING IS SEPARATED AND LOOSE, THE COVER HAS SOME WEAR ON THE SPINE EDGES, A HORIZONTAL TEAR ALONG THE LOWER SPINE SURFACE, MOST OF THE SPINE SURFACE IS SEPARATED FROM THE SPINE BUT NOT LOOSE, A VERTICAL HAIRLINE RIP ALONG THE BOTTOM SPINE SURFACE, SURFACE RIPS ALONG THE SPINE SIDE EDGES, MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS VERY SLIGHTLY STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE BINDING, THE BACK COVER END-BOARD IS ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING AND LOOSE. SOLD AS IS.