G. A. Simcox [George Augustus Simcox] — Recollections of a Rambler

London, Chapman and Hall, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated account of an English scholar and poets walks through the English countryside. The scarce first edition of British classical scholar and poet George Augustus Wilcox's charming autobiographical account of a lifetime of walks in the English countryside. Chapter titles include 'The Future of the Corniche Road', 'The Romantic and the Sublime', and 'Silly Sheep and Jolly Shepherds&apos.Illustrated with forty full plate engravings. Collated, complete.Simcox died in unexplained circumstances on the Irish coast near the Giant's Causeway. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with slight discolouration to back strip. Contemporary inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .