First edition of this entry in the New Naturalist series, a work about the natural history of Antrobus, a parish in Cheshire, England. London: Collins, 1951. Octavo, 8 3/4 x 6 1/8. xvi, 278pp., indexed. Green cloth, gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. "With 34 color photographs by C. W. Bradley and another 48 black-and-white photographs and 9 text figures". Slight forward cock to spine. Former owner's ex-libris stamp on front pastedown. Toning and mild dust soiling to textblock edges. Unclipped "21s. net" jacket shows moderate darkening to spine panel and flap perimeters, some foxing and soiling to rear panel, a few small chips. A very good copy in a very good (-) jacket designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
