An English Village: A New Edition of Wild Life in a Southern County / Richard Jefferies
Book
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)
2015.7.247
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Natural historyOutdoor booksDescription and travel1900s
8-1/4 in
Richard Jefferies
Clifton Johnson
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1903
Publisher's Binding- Poster Style
Unidentified Designer
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.
Wiltshire
England