Wild life in a southern county.
London.
Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, 387pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, blocked in black, gilt, and blind. Extremities rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, bookplate to FEP, inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title, very occasional light spotting/chipping to margins.
The first edition of Richard Jefferies' (1848-1887) second published (and perhaps best-known) work, a series of topographical sketches redolent of the Wiltshire countryside.
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref: 20807
