xii, 116pp, colour frontispiece, further 3 colour and 30 black and white plates. Blue cloth-covered boards with titles on spine. 8vo. Spine ends lightly rubbed and rounded. Corners rubbed and rounded. Text block edges very lightly tanned and foxing. Endpapers starting to fox, light pencil markings. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring very occasional spotting, and pages 111-114 slightly loose.
A delightful book with beautiful illustrations and diagrams throughout, intended as a holiday volume for the non-professional nature lover, idling along on the sea-shore of Britain.