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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very smart illustrated edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne', produced in conjunction with the Gilbert White Museum. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of the Church. He was highly respected, and an influential figure in the way he studied living creatures in their environment, and noting the seasonal changes throughout the year. His work on Selborne has been in continuous print, in a multitude of different editions, since its first publication in 1789. The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White. Published in Collaboration with the Gilbert White Museum. Compiled by Ronald Davidson-Houston. Introduction by June E. Chatfield, Curator of the Gilbert White Museum. Published by Webb & Bower, Exeter, England. 1981 first edition thus. A near fine black cloth hardback in original Publisher's cloth, with silver title to spine. With near fine dustjacket. The jacket with just light wear and slight discoloration to spine. Not price clipped. Pictorial endpapers. Soundly bound. The dustjacket is now housed in clear, removable, protective plastic. Text is bright and clean throughout. A little age toned to top edge. Text in English. 256pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Dimensions: approximately 255mm  x 200mm x 26mm. Weight: Approximately 1050g (unpacked). Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 256pp, with some colour illustrations. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends and corners. Mild marginal page toning. Flamboyant gift inscription inked opposite half title page. In its original shelf worn, slightly marked and bumped along edges dust wrapper.…