Gilbert White June Chatfield (9 results)

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Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). A very smart illustrated edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne', produced in conjunction with the Gilbert White Museum. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of the Church. He was highly respected, and an influential figure in the way he studied living creatures in their environment, and noting the seasonal changes throughout the year. His work on Selborne has been in continuous print, in a multitude of different editions, since its first publication in 1789. The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White. Published in Collaboration with the Gilbert White Museum. Compiled by Ronald Davidson-Houston. Introduction by June E. Chatfield, Curator of the Gilbert White Museum. Published by Webb & Bower, Exeter, England. 1981 first edition thus. A near fine black cloth hardback in original Publisher's cloth, with silver title to spine. With near fine dustjacket. The jacket with just light wear and slight discoloration to spine. Not price clipped. Pictorial endpapers. Soundly bound. The dustjacket is now housed in clear, removable, protective plastic. Text is bright and clean throughout. A little age toned to top edge. Text in English. 256pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Dimensions: approximately 255mm  x 200mm x 26mm. Weight: Approximately 1050g (unpacked).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout. Keywords: Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, John Mulso, Oxford, Daines Barrington, Naturalist's Journal, Walter Johnson, Thomas Pennant.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 256pp, with some colour illustrations. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends and corners. Mild marginal page toning. Flamboyant gift inscription inked opposite half title page. In its original shelf worn, slightly marked and bumped along edges dust wrapper.

Revised format, reprint ed. Paperback large octavo, thick card covers (with flaps), very good condition, colour text-photos, few pinhead spots top edge, top corner rear cover slightly bumped & scuffed, minor edgewear. 255 pp. A delightful collection of letters by an English country clergyman about local natural history, originally published in 1789. This book has great appeal and is the fourth most published book in English. This beautifully illustrated book has 124 colour plates that have been faithfully reproduced from the hand-coloured engravings of Gilbert White's contemporaries, giving an invaluable extra dimension to this captivating book. (Chatfield is the former Curator of The Gilbert White Museum.).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. 256 pages inc index, colour illustrations of animals on old prints, several small pencil margin asterisks and notes, but would erase easily. otherwise looks and feels fine. Quarto. 1st 2nd impression. (Later printed by the Book Club. This isn't!).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarto, 256 pages, index, illustrated.