Publications

The Richard Jefferies Society has published numerous titles by and about Richard Jefferies over the years, many of which are now out of stock. Those still available are listed below along with bargain price tags that include postage within the UK only. Overseas postage is extra—please contact the Society on richardjefferiessociety@btinternet.com.  

Books can be ordered by downloading and completing  the order form or by emailing your instructions direct and organising payment. Apologies for the complications. Volumes I to III of A Peculiarly English Genius that can be ordered via the online drop-down menu button below.

A Peculiarly English Genius: a Biography of Richard Jefferies by Andrew Rossabi is an in-depth record of all that is known about the life and works of Richard Jefferies.  Planned as a four-volume set, Volumes I, II and III are now available as limited editions. Volume IV should be published in late 2026 to cover Jefferies' final years. All volumes contain 800pages including an Index and with black and white illustrations. All are printed in hardback with a green wibalin cloth cover but Vol I does not have a dust jacket. Electronic versions can be emailed direct for £10 a copy. 

Volume I was published on 6 November 2017) and covers Jefferies' early years (1848-1867). The hardback can be purchased at the reduced price of £20 incl UK postage (list price £40). The book is  also available as a pdf file for £10. 

Volume II covers the years of struggle between 1867-1876. It was published on 8 July 2020 and is the same format as Volume I but with the addition of a dust jacket.  It is available from the Society for £35 incl. UK postage (list price £60) or as a pdf file for £10. 

Volume III was published on 1 January 2023, covers 1876-1883 and looks at Jefferies' 'Years of Success'. It can be ordered from the Richard Jefferies Society for £45 incl. UK postage (cover price £60) or as a pdf file for £10. 

PURCHASE A Peculiarly English Genius by Andrew Rossabi

Select Volume and format (hardback or pdf)

Vol I - The Early Years £20.00 GBP  Vol II - The Years of Struggle £35.00 GBP  Vol III - The Years of Success £45.00 GBP  Vol I - pdf file £10.00 GBP  Vol II - pdf file £10.00 GBP  Vol III - pdf file £10.00 GBP

 

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These are available:

FICTION

Amaryllis at the Fair – Richard Jefferies, 2009. Introduction by Carolyn Clarke (softback)	£6.00	£ 3.00
Ben Tubbs Adventures – Richard Jefferies, 2016. Introduction by Andrew Rossabi (softback)	£12.00	£6.00
Greene Ferne Farm – Richard Jefferies, 2009. Introduction by George Miller (softback)	£5.00	£ 3.00
The Scarlet Shawl – Richard Jefferies, 2009. Introduction by Andrew Rossabi (softback)	£6.00	£ 3.00
The Dewy Morn – Richard Jefferies, 2009. Introduction by Rebecca Welshman (softback)	£7.00	£ 5.00
Restless Human Hearts – Richard Jefferies, 2008. Introduction by Andrew Rossabi, 2008 (hardback)	£20.00	£10.00

Richard Jefferies: An Index – Matthews & Treitel, 2008. (hardback)	£20.00	£10.00
The Forward Life of Richard Jefferies – Matthews & Treitel, 1994. (hardback)	£15.00	£10.00
Richard Jefferies: An Anthology – Matthews & Welshman, 2010. (hardback)	£20.00	£10.00

Richard Jefferies’ Letters to Aunt Ellen, 2009 (softback)

£4.50)

£ 3.00

The Interpreter: A Biography of Richard Jefferies – Audrey Smith, 2008. Introduction by Eric Jones (softback)

£5.00

£ 3.00

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Some pamphlets related to Jefferies' birthplace at Coate can be downloaded here (free):

Coate and Richard Jefferies - by historian, John Chandler
In the Footsteps of Richard Jefferies - a walk around Coate Water
Richard Jefferies' Old Town, Swindon - a walk around Old Town

Coate Farm and Bevis Country
In the Footsteps of Richard Jefferies - a tour of Wiltshire and Oxfordshire
Walks in Jefferies Land by Kate Tryon

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RICHARD JEFFERIES NOTEBOOKS -- MEMBERS ONLY

The British Library archives include Jefferies' pocket notebooks that start in 1876 and finish 3 months before his death. Only 16 of the original 24 or 25 remain. The others are likely to be in private hands-- whereabouts unknown. Phyllis Treitel undertook the painstaking work of deciphering the hand-writing in the 1990s and copied the text and illustrations by hand. Many entries make no sense at all. The text has now been typed up and is available to RJS members. Looker published some of the contents in his The Nature Diaries and Notebooks of Richard Jefferies (1948) but Treitel's version is complete.  Extracts from Notebook IV (?) were included in Walter Besant's The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies (1888). This notebook is among the missing ones and the extract of text has been included.

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