ENGLISH WILD LIFE. By Eric Parker. The English Heritage Series.

1929 1st edition. Small 8vo (118 x 178mm). Ppxii,180. Not illustrated. Green cloth, tree motif in gilt roundel to upper board, gilt tree motif and titles to spine.

Published as part of "The English Heritage Series, edited by Viscount Lee of Fareham and J.C. Squire". A readable series of essays on countryside subjects by this prolific author. Chapters include: Past and present; Sea and shore; Mountain and forest; Moor and field; The wood - within; The wood - without; The river; Lake and pond; Birds of prey; Some migrants; Nests, plumage and song; On the wing - butterflies; On the wing - moths; Some problems of insects; Night.