Box Hill by R.H.D. YOUNG G.M. CHAPMAN ISBN 13: 9780950414324

Lyme Regis: Serendip, 1979. 165, col frontis, map, col + b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w (slightly worn, small tear to spine).. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies of which this is no. 654Britain's first Country Park, Box Hill, is only 20 miles from London. Two amateur naturalists' long-term notes of the wild orchids, birds, mammals and insects of this important sanctuary and National Trust property are summarised in this skillful account which also records its social history, and the connections with Meredith, Jane Austen, Fanny Burney, Keats, John Wesley, and other literary notables. [9780950414324]

London: SERENDIP, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo. 165 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine limited edition no.238 of 1000 with a fine dust jacket..