Author: WHITE, Gilbert (DAGLISH, Eric)
Title: The Natural History of Selborne
Description: London, Thornton Butterworth, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition thus of this classic first published in 1789. Quarto (9-1/4" x 11-3/4") bound in publisher's parchment-backed boards covered with batik paper. Illustrated with 2 portraits, 16 mounted wood engravings by Eric Daglish, and a folding map. Copy #90 of only 125 numbered copies issued with an extra SIGNED wood engraving "The Snipe" by Daglish mounted by the publisher at the front. Ill.: Eric Daglish. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Wear to corners. Lacking the slipcase. Near Fine copy of this attractive book .

Keywords: Signed, Limited, 18th Century Literature, Wood Engravings, Gilbert White, England, Eric Daglish, Literature: English Eric Daglish Environmental LIterature Natural History Illustrated Books Literature: English


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