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JEFFERIES, Richard. The Gamekeeper at Home Sketches of natural history and rural life. London: 1880. 8° (202 x 137mm). Half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations after Charles Whymper. Original dark olive-green cloth, blocked in gilt and black, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt (extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: Edwin Waterhouse (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Sadleir II, 1307a.
Amaryllis at the Fair. London: 1887. 8° (196 x 128mm). Front blank, half title. (Some spotting.) Original dark green cloth, upper cover with a design blocked in yellow and black, spine blocked in gilt black and yellow, dark brown glazed endpapers (crease to front free endpaper). Provenance: Edwin Waterhouse (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir II, 1303; and one other on Jefferies and 16 others by Jefferies, including: Round About a Great Estate, London, 1880, 8°, original cloth; Red Deer, London, 1884, 8°, original cloth; Greene Ferne Farm, London, 1880, 8°, original cloth; After London; or Wild England, London, 1885, 8°, original cloth. (19)
Amaryllis at the Fair. London: 1887. 8° (196 x 128mm). Front blank, half title. (Some spotting.) Original dark green cloth, upper cover with a design blocked in yellow and black, spine blocked in gilt black and yellow, dark brown glazed endpapers (crease to front free endpaper). Provenance: Edwin Waterhouse (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir II, 1303; and one other on Jefferies and 16 others by Jefferies, including: Round About a Great Estate, London, 1880, 8°, original cloth; Red Deer, London, 1884, 8°, original cloth; Greene Ferne Farm, London, 1880, 8°, original cloth; After London; or Wild England, London, 1885, 8°, original cloth. (19)
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