The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of Cultivation: A Practical Manual of Animal Foes and Friends for the Country Gentleman, the Farmer, the Forester, the Gardener, and the Sportsman

xlviii, 278pp, 2pp ads. Blue cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed design on front; gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed blue. 8vo. Lightly rubbed, bumped spine ends; cloth fraying. Joints stretched, 8cm tear in rear joint. Shelf wear; minor fraying to corners; cocked. Rippling to cloth on front, white spot; water damage to rear fore edge. Dusty top text block edge, remaining edges just starting to tan. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; black ink spots on rear pastedown. Hinges cracked and stretched at endpapers. Foxing on prelims. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. One hundred and fifty black and white, in-text, diagrammatical drawings. Interesting note: there is a typographical error in the introduction section roman numerals, pages going from xlvi to xlv.