Hampstead Hill [Flora, Fauna & Birds]

Full Title: Hampstead Hill: It’s Structure, Materials, and Sculpting; with The Flora of Hampstead, The Insect Flora of Hampstead & The Birds of Hampstead.
Second Hand
Hardcover
Author: Lobley, J. L.; Wharton, H. J.; Walker, F. A.; Harting, J. E.
Published by: Roper and Drowley

Book Condition: Very Good-.
Original blue cloth boards with gilt spine and cover titles and cover image in black. Internally crisp and clean though with a few spots of foxing to the first few leaves and foxing to the outside edges of the textblock. Some age toning. Contemporary inscription to reverse of FFEP. Covers lightly soiled. Complete with 9 plates including a map; Hampstead shells; a section from Buckinghamshire to Surrey showing the structure and sub-structure of Hampstead Hill and the Thames Valley; a vertical section under Hampstead Heath showing the formations from the surface to the gault; and drawings of Keat’s Seat, Jack Straw’s Castle and Old Houses in Church Row, The Vale of Health & The Spaniards on Hampstead Heath.