Kate M. Hall; Beatrice Harraden — Nature Rambles in London

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of guides to finding nature in the city of London from Kate M. Hall. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with ninety-four images including a frontispiece, forty-five plates, and numerous in-text photographs and figures. Collated complete. An interesting and stimulating book on finding nature across the city of London, with an exploration of the many parks and green spaces the city has to offer. With commentaries on the fullness of spring, summer days, fruiting time, signs of autumn, and winter. Written by Kate M. Hall, a British librarian and founder of the School Nature Study Union. With an introduction from Beatrice Harraden, a British writer and suffragette. Illustrated from photographs by Henry Irving, an English photographer and artist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with the residue of a bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Henry Irving. Very Good .