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Wild Life in a Southern County
by Richard Jefferies
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1909. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. Richard Jefferies's guide to the wildlife of Wiltshire, England, with particular emphasis on birds. A later edition of this work in a quarter vellum binding and cloth boards, with gilt detailing to the spine. Top edge gilt. Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was an English nature writer, notable for his depiction of English rural life in essays, natural history books, and novels. His work was greatly influenced by his childhood, which was spent on a small Wiltshire farm. In this work, Jefferies provides a guide to the wildlife of Wiltshire, in its villages, farmhouses, orchards, woodlands, fields, and lakes, and also on the Wiltshire Downs. He gives particular mention to bird life, with passages devoted to starlings, rooks and rookeries, migration, and wildfowl. In a quarter vellum binding. Externally, generally smart, with a mark to the front board. The boards are a little bowed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with offsetting to the end papers and to the half title page. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898M24
- Title
- Wild Life in a Southern County
- Author
- Richard Jefferies
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Wildlife Nature Wiltshire Natural history Nature
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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