gilbert white edited sidney scott (1 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (illustratore). First Edition. This fine unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has some mild edge wear and has now been covered in clear, removable, archival, protecrive film so best described as near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. In his introduction to this book the editor points out that at time of publication over two hundred editions of the Natural history of Selborne have been published but very few of them contained 'The Antiquities of Selborne' which gilbert white intended should be an integral part of his book. the editor, who lived at selborne in a house facing that in which White wrote more than a century and half ago, has included White's poems, many of which deal with Selborne, and has added explanatory notes. Ref WW6.