Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Ken Spelman Books Ltd

1958. Original Wraps. Very Good. Some dustiness, but a good copy in original printed wrappers.

Macmillan & Co, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good. A very good clean copy in very good original dark red limp leather , with gilt decorated spine and top-edge gilt.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quiet Hours with Nature. Second edition. Illustrated by Theo. Carreras. xvi, 236, [4]pp adverts., half-title., frontispiece, 16 plates and numerous text illustrations. A near fine copy in original decorative cloth.. 8vo. T. Fisher Unwin. [1912]. ~ Eliza Brightwen (also known as Lizzie Brightwen or Eliza Elder) (1830-1906) was a Scottish naturalist, and following the death of her first husband, in 1860 married George Gosse. Self-taught, many of her observations were made on the grounds of The Grove, the family estate at Stanmore, where she kept a private menagerie. She kept copious notes but only started to write for publication in her sixtieth year. She was described, in 1912, as "one of the most popular naturalists of her day." After her death, Edmund Gosse arranged for the publication of her two posthumous works Last Hours with Nature (1908) and Eliza Brightwen, the Life and Thoughts of a Naturalist (1909), both edited by W. H. Chesson, and the latter… Read More