Out of Doors: A Selection of Original Articles on Practical Natural History

A smart new edition of this illustrated natural history work from English writer John George Wood. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates, and five in-text images. Collated complete. A selection of practical articles on natural history, with themes including: a sand quarry in winter, the wood ant, toads, a blackberry bush in autumn, river harvests, and life in the ocean wave, amongst others. Written by John George Wood, or Reverend J. G. Wood, an English writer who popularised natural history with his writings. Bound in full red calf. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good.