Buy this book on-line RICHARD JEFFERIES : Wood Magic. A Fable. Complete in two volumesCassell, London, 1881
First edition (Miller & Matthews printing and make-up variant b.). 8vo. 235pp + viii and 263pp + viii. Dark green diagonal ribbed pictorial cloth gilt lettered and ruled at spines. Original brown endpapers. Spine ends a little worn with two small areas of miscellaneous marking to the upper board of the first volume. A single tiny hole to the upper gutter of the second volume, the binding of which exhibits a minor slant. A lovely crisp set, of which 500 copies were reputedly published. A novel for children, with a printed dedication to the author's son Harold (i.e. Richard Harold Jefferies). This publication marks the first appearance of Jefferies' character 'Bevis' who would appear again the following year in the eponymous three-decker. Miller & Matthews, B14.1 (one of the copies with the fourth page of the first volume advertisements un-numbered).. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of RICHARD JEFFERIES : Wood Magic. A Fable. Complete in two volumes. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, incunabula, out-of-print books, livres illustrées and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |