Description: Mrs J.T. Gumersall, "Cameos from Nature", London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1902. First Edition. 8vo book, bound in green cloth, with illustration and white lettering on front cover. In very good condition, but with sunning of cover and fading of lettering, particularly on spine. Some foxing. Handcut pages. No dust jacket. This rare, delightful and beautifully-written book by Mrs Gumersall of Sutton Coldfield is a collection of 12 pairs of nature essays. Each pair of essays explores the natural world and the English countryside, month by month, the first in general terms, the second in relation to particular places or activities. For example, the first essay, ‘January’, is followed by ‘Amongst the Malvern Hills’; ‘May’ by ‘In Search of the Emperor Moth’; and ‘September’ by ‘Mountain, Moor and Sea’. Frontispiece and 34 other black/white photographs by W.D. Bowers, T.G. Weavers, N. May and others, showing such scenes as ‘A Snow Effect’, ‘The Haunt of the Kingfisher’ and ‘’The Mountain’s Frowning Brow’. 24 pages of advertisements for books published by S.W. Partridge. 345 pages.
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Date of Publication: 1900-1949
Place of Publication: LONDON
Format: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: J.T. GUMERSALL
