A Naturalist's Holiday: Idle Hours on the Cornish Coast

Author(s): Step, Edward

Illustrator(s): Theo; Carreras; Step, Mable E; Step, Edward

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Thomas Nelson and Sons
Publication Year:	0
Publication Place:	London
Book ID:	003556
Catalogue(s):	Decorative and Pictorial Bindings ◇ Vintage Books ◇ Nature and Natural History

Undated but c 1910. 318pp, 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Full colour plate frontispiece and several other colour plates, further black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards with black and gilt design and text on spine and front. Slight bumping to head and heel of spine, with a small tear in the cloth at head. Slight foxing to text block edge. Blemish on front past down, front free endpaper absent, small part of top of half-title page missing; rear free end paper tanned. Gutter strained at 182pp. A naturalist's record of a four and a half year sojourn in a Cornish coastal village. Pages slightly tanned. 12mo

Keywords:

sea anemone prawns crabs hermits cornwall coast marine nature coastline village