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WHITE, Gilbert.
The Portrait of a Tortoise.
Extracted from the journals and letters of Gilbert White with introduction and notes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
First edition. Inscription reads; "Nancy/ from Sylvia/ February 1947/ with live."
Octavo. Original blue/green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust jacket. Frontispiece portrait of Rev. Gilbert White, front free endpaper inscribed in pencil by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Cloth slightly dust-soiled, toning to text block, dust jacket slightly tanned and chipped, still an excellent copy.
