Items related to The Natural History of Selborne (Nature Classics Library)

The Natural History of Selborne (Nature Classics Library) - Softcover

 
9781908213259: The Natural History of Selborne (Nature Classics Library)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Daily rainfall levels and temperature shifts were recorded with home-made instruments. Bird song and seasonal migrations were noted. The feeding habits of frogs, bats and mice were jotted into his diaries and nature journals, as were the simple delights he felt hearing a cricket in the meadow or a blackbird in the hedgerows. The extraordinary detail of the natural history he described has given us, two hundred years later, a glimpse into ecosystems untouched by industry and an account of how changes in global climate can affect local weather patterns. Gilbert White is now considered England's first ecologist. The Natural History of Selborne is one the most published books in the English language. Yet the most enduring quality of his writing is the spirit of curiosity that bounds across every page, inspiring us to explore the abundance of life at our doorsteps and around our parishes.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
As fresh and conversational in style as correspondence between friends, but elegantly and skilfully executed, it is easy to see why it has inspired writers from Darwin to Virginia Woolf (Juanita Coulston, The Lady)

I don't usually read the Introduction before the book when I read fiction but, in this case, I would definitely recommend it as Secord's Introduction puts White & The Natural History into context. (I Prefer Reading)
About the Author:
Gilbert White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne, Hampshire, in 1720 and was educated by the Poet Laureate Thomas Wharton before studying at Oriel College, Oxford. He was awarded his deacon's orders in 1746, became fully ordained in 1749, and held several curacies in Hampshire and Wiltshire. After his father died in 1758 he returned to 'The Wakes', his family home in Selborne, where he lived as the curate and began his lifelong habit of recording the natural world, keeping journals, publishing articles for the Royal Society, and writing letters to leading botanists and commentators of his day. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne was first published in 1789 and has been in print ever since.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780140431124: The Natural History of Selborne (Penguin English Library)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780140431124
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1977
Softcover

  • 9780198737759: The Natural History of Selborne (Oxford World's Classics)

    OUP Ox..., 2016
    Softcover

  • 9780140264869: The Natural History of Selborne (Penguin Nature Classics)

    Penguin, 1997
    Softcover

  • 9781547086375: The Natural History of Selborne

    Create..., 2017
    Softcover

  • 9781297886294: The Natural History of Selborne

    Sagwan..., 2015
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Seller Image

White, Gilbert; Ravilious, Eric (ILT); Lovelock, James (INT)
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Softcover Quantity: 3
Seller:
GreatBookPricesUK
(Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 22089161-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.34
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Gilbert White
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
CitiRetail
(Stevenage, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). Paperback. A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Daily rainfall levels and temperature shifts were recorded with home-made instruments. Bird song and seasonal migrations were noted. The feeding habits of frogs, bats and mice were jotted into his diaries and nature journals, as were the simple delights he felt hearing a cricket in the meadow or a blackbird in the hedgerows. The extraordinary detail of the natural history he described has given us, two hundred years later, a glimpse into ecosystems untouched by industry and an account of how changes in global climate can affect local weather patterns. Gilbert White is now considered England's first ecologist. The Natural History of Selborne is one the most published books in the English language. Yet the most enduring quality of his writing is the spirit of curiosity that bounds across every page, inspiring us to explore the abundance of life at our doorsteps and around our parishes. A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.35
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

White, Gilbert
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Paperback Quantity: 13
Seller:
Monster Bookshop
(Fleckney, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781908213259-GDR

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.37
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

WHITE, GILBERT
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Softcover Quantity: 13
Seller:
Speedyhen
(London, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: NEW. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). Seller Inventory # NW9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.52
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Gilbert White (author), Eric William Ravilious (illustrator), James Lovelock (writer of introduction)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New paperback Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Blackwell's
(Oxford, OX, United Kingdom)

Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 14
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Gilbert White
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New PAP Quantity: 13
Seller:
PBShop.store UK
(Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom)

Book Description PAP. Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # GB-9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 14.39
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

White, Gilbert
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Softcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
Ria Christie Collections
(Uxbridge, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). In. Seller Inventory # ria9781908213259_new

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 14.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Gilbert White
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Paperback / softback Quantity: 13
Seller:
THE SAINT BOOKSTORE
(Southport, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Seller Inventory # B9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 15.71
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Gilbert White
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Softcover Quantity: 13
Seller:

Book Description Condition: New. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Illustrator(s): Ravilious, Eric. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781908213259

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 16.51
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.57
From Ireland to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

White, Gilbert
Published by Little Toller Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 1908213256 ISBN 13: 9781908213259
New Softcover Quantity: 13
Seller:
Brook Bookstore
(Milano, MI, Italy)

Book Description Condition: new. Ravilious, Eric (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 21299506735a48f54ac6357c3e0ded8b

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 19.46
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
From Italy to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book