The Book Of Baby Birds..
Bound in original beige cloth with a pictorial onlay of one of the plates, (which is a little faded) and decorative lettering on the upper board. Some slight abrasions and one or two very faint water stains, which are very hard to see. A fine bright copy.
£85.00
Publisher
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University London, Press,
Date
1919
Item Description
Large 4to, 120 pp. + 19 full-page, mounted colour plates by Detmold.
Notes
Mrs. Hardy was Thomas Hardy's second wife, Florence Dugdale, who first met Hardy in 1905, aged 26. She became his passionate friend and helper, and eventually stopped teaching in 1908 - both to assist Hardy and begin her writing career. In 1912 she published her first book - The Book of Baby Birds - with Hardy's contribution. Illustrated with Detmold's characteristic beauty and charm, this unashamedly sentimental book is a very fine production, and even succeeds in making the utterly charmless Skua's chick look appealing. A dust wrapper was issued but this is a book that most collectors will accept without, as the wrapper is boring and commands such a price that only the perfectionist can be bothered.
[Stock No. 17632]
