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WILD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY
by JEFFERIES , RICHARD , ( DESMOND HAWKINS - INTRODUCTION)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 023900177X
- ISBN 13
- 9780239001771
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
BRADFORD ON AVON: MOONRAKER PRESS, 1978 Green Boards with silver blocked titles to spine. 366pp. First Published in 1879 the copy offered is the "Moonraker Press" Reprint of 1978 of the "Tunnicliffe" illustrated edition (21 wood engravings)with an introduction by Desmond Hawkins. Richard Jefferies was arguably the most gifted and perceptive author in his field providing a rich appreciation of life and farming in southern england in the last decades of the 19th century.The illustrations by Tunnicliffe provide the perfect accompaniment. Near Fine/Near Fine (Book- mild dust spotting to top edge of book block, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket-Negligible shelf rubbing or soiling. Non price clipped cover £4.95. No notable defects to book or jacket, no fade). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131084
- Title
- WILD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY
- Author
- JEFFERIES , RICHARD , ( DESMOND HAWKINS - INTRODUCTION)
- Illustrator
- C.F.TUNNICLIFFE , CF RA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 023900177X
- ISBN 13
- 9780239001771
- Publisher
- MOONRAKER PRESS
- Place of Publication
- BRADFORD ON AVON
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 195x135mm Approx
- Keywords
- Natural History, Nature Writing, Richard Jefferies, Wild Life in a Southern Country, Wild Life in a Southern County, Books on Line Brighton, Country Matters, Farming, Water Divining, Wildfowl, C F Tunnicliffe Illustrated, Wood Engravings,
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