The Seasons: An Exploration of twelve country walks Hardcover - 1982

William Collins & Sons, 1982-09-16. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/VG++/VG+. Box 05 HARDBACK ""SPONSORED BY THE GULF OIL CORPORATION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1982.* Pub: William Collins & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Chestnut brown cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to spine only. No bumps or rubs. Very slight marks to upper & lower edges and to tail of spine, top edge very slightly faded, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing autumnal landscape. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £9.95. Minor shelf wear to all edges and to head and tail of spine. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG+.* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Some slight marks to end papers, no marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. Some slight age to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Watercolours by Liz Butler throughout.* Pages: 197 pp. text. v pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The Passage of seasons is a mystery which many of us , particularly city dwellers, delight in but only dimly perceive. We are awareof an awakening of life in spring, a burst of summer colour that lingers into autumn, and a gradualslowing down again in the face of winter cold. But we rarely spot the minute signs and processes that bring them about. In this book Liz Butler, a botanical and landscape artist, and Michael Chinery, a naturalist, have combined their gifts to produce vivid accounts of twelve country walks in Britain, one in each month from spring to winter, show us what to look for, what is happening in the natural world and why, throughout the year.* A NEAR VG++ ex school-library copy of the 1st./1st. thus with only minimal faults reducing it to VG+.*