The open air
1893, First Edition. Chatto & Windus. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; hand-made-paper edition. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to endpapers. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #448976
Physical description; 270 pages ; 18 cm. Contents; Saint Guido -- Golden-brown -- Wild flowers -- Sunny Brighton -- The pine wood -- Nature on the roof -- One of the new voters -- The modern Thames -- The single-barrel gun -- The haunt of the hare -- The bathing season -- Under the acorns -- Downs -- Forest -- Beauty in the country -- Out of doors in February -- Haunts of the lapwing -- Outside London -- On the London road -- Red roofs of London -- A wet night in London. Subjects; Country life England. Natural history England. English countryside. Nature essays. Victorian England. Rural life. London Description 19th century.
Price: €125.00