JEFFERIES Richard, illustrations by Ruth DOLLMAN — Nature Near London

London, Chatto and Windus 1908 xi, 212pp, 12 plates 19x14, green cloth, glt decoration and lettering. Cloth and glt nice and bright, some foxing and browing to contents, good thus; birthday dedication on ffep dated 27th November 1921 to 'Sweet Seventeen'. A collection of articles written by Jefferies towards the end of his short life, highlighting his deep understanding of and immersion in the natural world. Ruth Dollman was the daughter of the artist John Charles Dollman, and was born in 1890, making her only a teenager when she painted the rather lovely illustrations.