Author: R Jefferies
Title: The Toilers of the Field
Description: London, Longmans, Green and co, 1892. First edition. Vellum. An excellent copy of this scarce, limited edition essay collection by John Richard Jefferies. A large paper edition, in a smart half vellum binding. Numbered 29 of 105 copies printed. With the bookplate of George Watson Neish to the front pastedown. Watson Neish founded the corporate law firm, Macfarlanes LLP. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece of the author. In two parts. With essays titled 'The Farmer at Home', 'Field Faring Women', 'The Golden-Crested Wren', 'John Smith's Shanty' and 'The Labourer's Daily Life&apos. In a half vellum binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with spotting to the spine and boards. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: George Watson Neish Macfarlanes Essay Macfarlanes None


See more books from our catalog: Literary Criticism