"Wood-engravings by Gertrude Hermes ; introduction by G. B. Harrison ; art editor: Robert Gibbings." [Title page verso].
“Jefferies himself called The Story of My Hear an autobiography: but iti is a record not of fact but of spiritual development from his eighteenth year, in itself unique, yet sharing something of the quality of Religio Medici and The Centuries of Meditation. Jefferies at heart was not a gentle naturalist but a lusty pagan, delighting in all physical emotion. [Introduction].
With 8 page Penguin Books. Complete list of publications to May 1938 bound at rear.
First published in 1883. Published in Penguin Illustrated Classics in 1938.
Binding Note
Paper covers. Upper cover decorated with two orange vertical bands of colour with black lettering on a white background. Upper cover bears a black and white wood-engraving by Gertrude Hermes. Spine lettered in black: "The Story of My Heart. Jefferies. Penguin Illustrated Classics."