180pp, illustrated throughout in mainly black and white. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's label on half-title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has minor shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 4to. The first book on the subject which explains how Bedfordshire's countryside came to be the way it is, describing the plants and animals to be found in the various habitats by those who know where to look.
