{"product_id":"the-game-keeper","title":"The Gamekeeper at Home at Home  (1914) | Richard Jefferies | Fine Leather Prize Binding | Illustrated Natural History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully preserved 1914 edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gamekeeper at Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Richard Jefferies which is richly illustrated by Charles Whymper. In a full dark green leather prize binding from Weymouth College, England. This volume features elaborate gilt decoration to the spine and boards, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges, gilt-ruled turn-ins, and numerous detailed black-and-white illustrations throughout depicting English rural life, wildlife, gamekeeping, dogs, pheasants, woodlands, and countryside scenes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published as a series of sketches on English rural and sporting life, Jefferies’ work captures the atmosphere of the late Victorian countryside with detail. The illustrations by Charles Whymper provide a visually engaging work of natural history and sporting literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding tight. Clean pages. 221pp. Includes an early 20th-century prize inscription dated Midsummer 1915, adding another layer of historical provenance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5” x 7 1\/4”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful addition for collectors of fine bindings, sporting books, Edwardian prize bindings, countryside literature, or illustrated natural history works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Bee Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53610491642155,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/7086\/5251\/files\/IMG_2995.jpg?v=1779590344","url":"https:\/\/honeybeemill.com\/products\/the-game-keeper","provider":"Honey Bee Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}