234pp. Maroon cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Decorated endpapers. Pages tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. In this wide-ranging collection the author trails the idea of wildness through quirky observations on natural history, commentaries on environmental art, and the continuing debate about the quality of our landscapes.