[WHITE, GILBERT]. Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. London: Macmillan and Co., 1875.
New and extra illustrated edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; thick octavo (23cm x 15cm x 7cm); pp. xxx, 591. English text, with notes by Frank Buckland, a chapter on antiquities by Lord Selborne, and new letters, illustrated by P.H. Delamotte. Handsomely bound in half morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath; cloth sides; t.e.g.; hand-marbled endpapers; half-title; title-page printed in red and black with central vignette; with 128 original b&w illustrations throughout, plus 73 additional hand-coloured prints of birds, portraits and maps bound-in by the publisher; printed footnotes; appendix and index. Printed by Richard Clay, Sons, and Taylor, London. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the joints and hinges intact. Covers and contents very well-preserved, some light foxing confined to the endpapers. Ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. A wonderful and rare extra-illustrated copy in excellent condition. Scarce thus.
