The gamekeeper at home : sketches of natural history and rural life / by Richard Jeffries ... with illustrations by Charles Whymper.
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3231889
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition. xii, 221, [1] p., frontis. : ill.; 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed: 'Victor Agar-Robartes [i.e. Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden MC (9 June 1887 – 22 December 1974)] / Work prize - classics - form V / St Christopher's school / Eastbourne / Dec 1900 / G. Herbert West / G Townsend Oldham / Warden. Binding: Late nineteenth-century presentation binding of half polished green goatskin and green cloth over boards, St. Christopher's School insignia in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments with three raised bands and two false, marbled endpapers and edges. Bookseller's stamp: Bickers and son, Leicester Sq.
Makers and roles
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) Charles Whymper (London 1853 – Houghton, Cambs. 1941)