An English Village: A New Edition of Wild Life in a Southern County / Richard Jefferies
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.247
Description
344 pages, plus 4 pages of advertisements to the rear. Frontis, illustrated with 25 black and white captioned photographic plates by Clifton Johnson.
"Here the trees that frame the landscape are also within it, as the background extends outside the trees." (Minsky)
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Natural history, Outdoor books, Description and travel, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
Richard Jefferies
Illustrator
Clifton Johnson
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1903
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Poster Style
Binding Designer
Unidentified Designer
Binding Notes
Green decorated cloth depicts rural view of village as seen in the distance from the perspective of between two twisted tree trunks on a hill. Design is stamped in four colors and the artist has signed it with a "W". Design of tree trunk repeats on spine. Untrimmed, deckled page edges, as issued.
