Author: [John Richard Jefferies]
Title: The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
Description: London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1880. Cloth. A new edition of this book celebrative of country life with illustrations by Charles Whymper. An early edition, originally published in 1878. Published anonymously, this work was attributed to John Richard Jefferies, nature writer known for his depictions of rural England in both fiction and non-fiction, largely influential to such authors as Henry Williamson. Containing a series of sketches dedicated to rural England, including a biographical sketch of the author. Illustrated in text by Charles Whymper.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally very clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Whymper. Very Good .

Keywords: country life rural life victorian era rural life Charles Whymper


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