Out of the Woods: The Armchair Guide to Trees

First edition, first impression.  272pp, with coloured full page illustrations.  Black cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine.  8vo.  Cloth a tad rounded at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original matte dust wrapper, very slightly bumped on extreme edges. An affectionate and convivial introduction to British trees which amounts to a revelatory ramble through city and country, from woodlands of majestic oaks and ash trees via alder-clad laybys to mean streets lined with cherries.  With ravishing illustrations, Out of the Woods has myriad tips for recognition and is rich in tree-biography and gossip which will enable even the most sofa-bound couch potato to tell your birch from your beech, even as you pass by and glimpse it from your car.