The gamekeeper at home . sketches of natural history and rural life.
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887)
Category
Books
Date
1879
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3009081
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,[2],216p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Repeated stamps of 'H.A.A. Hoare' on front free-endpaper, on half-title and on final page; inscribed in pencil on half-title 'C.W. Firebrace from S.M.Y.', with a sketch of a face in profile signed 'Portrait of a / genuine keeper / CWF'. Inscribed at end 'Cordell Firebrace thinks this book / is a sensible book. /CWF'. Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue: p. 307, B.7. Publisher's green cloth, gold and blind decorated, gold-lettered spine. Front free-endpaper has embossed stamp: 'W.H. Smith and Son / London'.
Makers and roles
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887)