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WESTELL, W[illiam] PERCIVAL: : EVERY BOY'S BOOK OF BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY

LONDON.R.T.S (RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY),April,1920.

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UK,Leather bound 12mo HB,9th imp,3rd edn, 1st thus.[Originally and first published September, 1906,a 2nd imp October,1906,2nd edn,revised December,1906,a 4th imp,Feb, 1907,a 5th imp Nov,1907,a 3rd edn Feb, 1909,a 7th imp Feb,1912, an 8th imp July, 1917 and this the 3rd edn,9th imp,April,1920.] No owner inscrptn per se,but a STAMFORD SCHOOL Prize bookplate with a handwritten,inked,later presentation date (1925) pasted to the dark blue+gilt marbled front pastedown.Bound in dark blue leather with bright,crisp,gilt blocked School crest+motto - a stork (the spede bird) with wings displayed on a wool bale over the motto '+ me spede',that is Christ me spede.Shelf-wear and rubbing to upper+ lower edges and all corner tips and to spine/ backstrip gutters,spine darkened with five raised bands and six compartments,bright,crisp gilt title to 2nd compartment.Front+rear boards both with a single,blocked edged border,and some scoring+indents,marbled endpapers solid and sound without any hinge cracking or splits.All edges marbled; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners - could be unread,other than my own collation.UK,Leather bound 12mo HB,9th imp,3rd edn,1st thus,v-xvipp+1-279pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Lord Avebury, author's Preface,author's preface to 3rd imp,a contents list/table,4pp illus list/table,another introduction in the first chapter,another 8 chapters,profuse b/w photographs/illus and notes by Rev. S. N. Sedgwick,interpsersed throughout the text and the book. Visually the exterior appearance is still acceptable because of its provenance,and for a book of it's age - over 100 years old and it's nature,i.e. a young child's book,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading. William Percival Westell (1874-1943) was self-taught naturalist and popularizer of British natural history.He wrote some 84 books using 37 publishers and gave 145 radio talks for the BBC,mostly on natural history.His works were accessible to all, particularly the young,by him eschewing technical language in his books.Contents of this title include,How to make a home-made camera,British mammals,birds, reptiles,amphibians,fish,butterflies,moths,other insects etc.,some British wild flowers and trees,and on the farm and miscellaneous items. Stamford School is an independent school for boys in Stamford, Lincolnshire in the English public school tradition.Founded in 1532,by a local merchant and alderman William Radcliffe,as a chantry school,it fell foul of the Protestant reformers and was only saved from destruction under the Chantries Act of Edward VI by the personal intervention of Sir William Cecil (later Lord Burghley) who worked in the service of Edward Seymour,1st Duke of Somerset and who secured a specific Act of Parliament in 1548 ensuring its survival.Apart from the chantries of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge,only those of Eton College, Wichester College, Berkhamstead,St Albans and Stamford schools survived. The emblem for the School's crest+motto was adopted from medieval wool merchant, William Browne (died 1489),after the school had been re-endowed from Browne's Charity in 1873.The stork is supposed to be a rebus on his wife,Margaret's maiden name of Stoke.The current form believed to have been designed by Nelson Dawson,an English silversmith,jeweller,designer, etcher and painter and member of the Arts and Crafts movement. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Leather bound 12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,9th imp,3rd edn,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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