Buy this book on-line RICHARD JEFFERIES : The Gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life. With illustrations by Charles WhymperSmith, Elder & Co., London, 1892
The second impression of the fourth edition. 221pp + vi publisher's catalogue at rear. Green diagonal ribbed cloth with a double blind border to upper and lower boards, lettered and ruled in gold at the spine and with a small gold-stamped illustration to the upper board. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece and forty-one captioned wood engraved illustrations by Charles Whymper (the frontispiece is a duplicate). Minor slant to binding, tips of corners bumped and cloth lightly chafed at spine extremities. A tiny blemish of spotting to half-title. A very nice, bright copy. 2000 copies were printed. A collection of twenty-four pieces gathered into nine chapters, all originally printed in The Pall Mall Gazette at weekly intervals between January and April 1878 and written in a far more "chatty" style than Jefferies' previous contributions. Jefferies' gamekeeper is usually said to be based on the character of Benny Haylock, keeper on the Burderop Estate between Coate and Chisledon, whom Jefferies knew as a boy and accompanied on his rounds. Miller & Matthews B8.15.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of RICHARD JEFFERIES : The Gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life. With illustrations by Charles Whymper. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, livres anciens, rare books, first editions and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |