Dewar, George A B: Illustrated by R W A Rouse and Ralf Hodgson: endpapers and cover by Arthur Rackham: Haddon Hall Library: Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands , London: J M Dent, 1899.First edition, very good condition but sno-paked out previous owners marks to front endpapers, no dust-jacket, publisher's original green clothboards with pictorial gilt blocking (Rackham) to front and spine, 304 pages gilded at top, 5 intaglio sepia etchings by R W A Rouse and 2 colour engravings by Ralf Hodgson (all tissue guarded) , endpapers and chapter headings illustrated by Arthur Rackham, untrimmed page edges, some slight loosening at page joints------- The contents include: In Hampshire Highlands; From Sarum to Winchester;The Sweet of the Year; The Woodlands’ Medley; Angling in Hampshire; A Bird’s Nester’s Notes; Among the Butterflies; The Silent Time; In the Autumn Fields; Winter Sport and Wild Life. (Book ref. 1533) £48.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, The Old Print House , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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