This beautiful antique edition of Country Walks of a Naturalist with his Children by Rev W Houghton was published by Groombridge and Sons in 1869. So the book is from the mid Victorian era. It is bound in original brown cloth with stunning decoration in gilt to the front and spine. All edges gilt.
It's in very good condition, with light wear to the corners and board edges. The cloth shows minor marking and rubbing and the spine is faintly sunned. Crushing to the spine ends has caused minor splitting in the cloth.
Inside, there is some pencilled writing on the verso of the frontispiece bookseller's stamped to the top corner of the FFEP. The pages are clean and bright with very occasional foxing and marks. There are some superficial cracks to the gutter in places but the pages remain tight to the binding. There are eight colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations within the text.
Dimensions approximately 18.7cm x 13cm x 1.9cm.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).