London: Humphrey Milford, 1937. From its first publication in 1789 to the dawn of the 20th Century, White's "Natural History" went through at least 90 editions in the British Isles alone. It continues to delight, and here is a delightful rendering indeed.This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, an edition LIMITED to 500 copies, designated as part of "The Hesperides Series." Full calf leather binding, ruled in gilt on the front cover; the spine is also ruled, with gilt titling and apples as decorations. Clean text; 300 pages, indexed. Faint bumps and some light rub to the foot of the spine; else a Fine copy of this wonderful work. There is a signature (1937) on the FFEP. Laid-in is a rather wonderful essay on the book by Keneth Rexroth (from "The Saturday Review," May 11, 1968). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited.. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002933
Title: The Natural History of Selbourne in the County of Southampton
Author: White, Gilbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited.
Publisher: Humphrey Milford
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1937
Bookseller catalogs: Classic English Literature;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Laid-in: "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...