Richard Jefferies, et al.; Gordon Murray (illus.)
Splendour of Life: A Miscellany, 1986
2 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.
5.4 x 4.1 cm.
5.4 x 4.1 cm.
Bexhill, Sussex: Silver Thimble Books
One of fifty copies, signed by Murray.
2629
(24)pp. Illustrated with original watercolors. Contains four pictorial watercolor title pages, and the endpapers show panoramic watercolor landscapes. Text includes 'Adlestrop,' a poem by Edward Thomas (1878-1917), 'Four Ducks on...
(24)pp. Illustrated with original watercolors. Contains four pictorial watercolor title pages, and the endpapers show panoramic watercolor landscapes. Text includes "Adlestrop," a poem by Edward Thomas (1878-1917), "Four Ducks on a Pond," poem by William Allingham (1824-1889), and "The Gemlike Flame," an excerpt from Walter Pater, in addition to the titular Jefferies. Fine in light blue cloth with embroidered butterfly. Black slipcase. (2 1/8 by 1 5/8; 54x43mm).


