The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & A Garden Kalaendar. Edited by R. Bowlder Sharpe, LLK,D., with an Introduction to the Garden Kalendar by The Very Reverend S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester, & numerous illustrations by J. G. K

Book Description

London/Philadelphia: Freemantle/Lippincott, 1900. First Edition/Fine Binding. Hardcover.. Very minor shelf/edge wear, rebound, touch of sun at spines, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, blue leather spine and tips, blue cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, blue paper endpages, tipped-in fold-out facsimile letters, teg, frontispiece(s). 8vo. xxiii, [185] 427pp; xv, [205] 441pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Numbered, limited edition, this being 160 of 208. An exceptional copy of this classic work. In producing this fine binding set, the original very thick volumes were split between the letters/background and the Antiquities and Kalaendar sections. The result is a love set of a much more manageable size. A very handsome set.

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