The Open Air
by JEFFERIES, RICHARD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chatto & Windus 1885 (1st.).. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Nice light brown cloth with illustration of trees on a hill on front cover, also on spine (in blue). Navy blue endpapers In good condition. Spine darkened, small nicks to ends with partial split to middle at top. Neat inscription to endpaper/half-title, “Michael Royde-Smith.” One very small nick to outer page edges between p175-185, one minor mark to last cat page, else pages all very clean and tight throughout. Hf. title. 270pp + 32pp cat. Similar to his essays in "The Life of the Fields" with great depth and insight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81948
- Title
- The Open Air
- Author
- JEFFERIES, RICHARD:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chatto & Windus 1885 (1st.).
- Keywords
- Literature Natural History, Literature, Jefferies, essays, The Open Air, Chatto & Windus, 1885, 1st, Michael Royde-Smith, saint guido, brighton, thames, london,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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