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A beautiful hardcover in fine condition, with the original dust jacket likewise fine and unmarked. Boards are clean, square, and bright, with no rubbing or fading. Spine is uncreased and firm. Pages are crisp and bright throughout, free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding tight, with no looseness to the text block. A well-preserved copy of a book that is increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Published in June 1977 by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, in association with Webb & Bower Ltd, this is the ninth impression, dated September 1978, from the original first-edition run. Copyright Webb & Bower Ltd, 1977. Printed and bound in Italy by Arnoldo Mondadori Company Limited. Edith Holden was an English artist, illustrator, and art teacher, trained at the Birmingham School of Art, who kept this illustrated nature diary in 1906 while living in Warwickshire. Recording the British countryside through the seasons in careful handwritten prose, favourite poems, personal reflections, and exquisite watercolour paintings of flora and fauna, the diary lay undiscovered for over 70 years until it was brought to publication by Holden's great-niece, Rowena Stott. Its 1977 publication was one of the publishing sensations of the century. ISBN 0 7181 1581 3. Ships from Canada. International orders welcome through AbeBooks.