Bird Sanctuary The Story of the Gilbert White Memorial Bird Sanctuary at Perivale, Middlesex

Description:

with chapters on its Soils by by Dr. B. Bache and its Vegetation by E. W. Groves. The Selborne Society was founded in 1895 to perpetuate the memory of Gilbert White. It purchased land at the foot of Horsendon Hill, Perivale in West London to create the first Bird Sanctuary in Britain, known as Perivale Wood. In the 1970s, Perivale Wood became a Local Nature Reserve.

Condition

Laminated library binding, incorporating original wrapper. Ex-Lib.: perforated stamp to title page, ink stamp to contents. Good.