first edition
1896 · London
by Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 1-257 [258: printer's imprint] [259-264: ads], title page printed in red and black, original pictorial blue-gray cloth, stamped in black and gold. First edition. One of Allen's many works of popular science, here entertaining essays on the flora and fauna of the Surrey moors. NCBEL III 1033. A bit of rubbing to illustration on front panel, endpapers tanned, lacks first leaf (a half title leaf?), a very good copy. (#116305) (Inventory #: 116305)