WILDLIFE IN HAMPSHIRE HIGHLANDS. HADDON HALL LIBRARY.

Dewar, George A.B.

Verlag: J.M. Dent, London, 1899

Beschreibung

304 pp, 8 1/4" H, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration/lettering on spine and boards by Arthur Rackham, top edge gilt, attached maroon ribbon bookmark. 5 b&w plates by R.W.A. Rouse (including frontispiece) and 2 colour plates of birds by Ralph Hodgson - all present and with original tissue guards. A loose tissue guards protects the title page. Endpapers and numerous b&w head and tail pieces by Arthur Rackham. A volume from Dent's Haddon Hall Library series, this one describing the plants and animals of the Hampshire Highlands and the hunting & fishing that took place there. Chapter headings: In Hampshire Highlands; From Sarum to Winchester; The Sweet of the Year; The Woodlands' Medley; Angling in Hampshire; A Bird's-Nester's Notes; Among the Butterflies; The Silent Time; In the Autumn Fields; Winter Sport and Wild Life; Winter Sport and Wild Life (continued); Index. A slight separation between some page gatherings but pages are holding firmly, a previous owner's bookplate on the verso of the free front endpaper, a few pages with the odd foxing mark in the margin, a small bump at the bottom corner of pages 89 to 116 and 155 to 194, light browning to the preliminary page following the free front endpaper, a slight lean to the spine, moderate browning to the untrimmed fore-edge and bottom of the text block, light edge wear to the boards and spine edges, wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 31167

Bibliografische Details

Titel: WILDLIFE IN HAMPSHIRE HIGHLANDS. HADDON HALL...

Verlag: J.M. Dent, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1899

Einband: Hard Cover

Illustrator: R.W.A. Rouse & Ralph Hodgson, plates. Arthur Rackham, head & tail pieces, endpapers and cover decorations.

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Not Signed

Auflage: First Edition.