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FUSSELL G.E.
The Old English Farming Books from Fitzherbert to Tull, 1523-1730. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip and rubbed with minor loss at upper fold-in.
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FUSSELL G.E.
The English Countryman. His Life and Work from Tudor Times to the Victorian Age. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with 73 plates on 64; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the classic study, originally published by Melrose in 1955.
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MOORE John
The Cotswolds. With Illustrations by Barrington Browne.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 15 fine plates; gray cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at edges. This wonderful early Moore is very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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MILLER George
Richard Jefferies. A Bibliographical Study.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 12 plates and very numerous full-page facsimiles in the text; cloth, back lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the finest bibliographies of any single author and a model of its kind. Covers over 1500 items in immense detail and provides valuable and extensive contextual introductions to each individual work. A masterly achievement. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition
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JOBSON Allan
Victorian Suffolk.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 16, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper
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KERSAUDY F.
Norway 1940. Translated from the French by the Author.
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Good general account
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LEWIS Lesley
The Private Life of a Country House (1912-1939).
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette, 14 plates on 8 and numerous illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed and vividly recollected account of the author's childhood and adolescence at Pilgrim's Hall in Essex.
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MABEY Richard
The Unofficial Countryside.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The author's second book, describing the natural history of cities and suburbia and a landmark of the ecological movement. The original edition is very scarce in the dustwrapper
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MASSINGHAM H.
The Harp and the Oak. IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Uncommon rural novel by the brother of H.J. Massingham
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MAYS Spike
Reuben's Corner. An English Country Boyhood. Foreword by Richard Church.
8vo., Second Edition, with endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This minor classic, first published in 1969, tells of the author's upbringing at Bartlow Hamlet near Ashdon in Essex. It was followed by a sequel 'Return to Anglia' in 1986.
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MAYS Spike
Reuben's Corner. An English Country Boyhood. Foreword by Richard Church. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., with endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. This minor classic, first published in 1969, tells of the author's upbringing at Bartlow Hamlet near Ashdon in Essex. It was followed by a sequel 'Return to Anglia' in 1986. Signed copies of any of Mays' works are scarce.
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PEEL J. H. B.
In the Country. Poems. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MOTHER
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; original yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in fragmentary dustwrapper, the latter wanting upper part of backstrip and all of rear panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS MOTHER, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's fourth book, published shortly after his departure from the RNVR. In these poems, detailing sights and sounds of the English countryside, are clearly visible the affection and nostalgia which later made him famous as the creator of the 'Country Talk' series.
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SASSOON Siegfried
The Weald of Youth. [Illustrated by Reynolds Stone]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted, browned and frayed at edges, and chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip (not affecting lettering). The second volume of Sassoon's factual autobiography. Increasingly elusive in this condition, especially in the dustwrapper. Keynes, A49; V&A Catalogue 124.
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SEYMOUR John
England Revisited. A Countryman's Nostalgic Journey. Drawings by Eric Thomas.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STREET A. G.
Kittle Cattle. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly soiled on rear panel and with one small loss at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by Eva Najman.
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STREET A. G.
Sweetacres.
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
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STREET A. G.
In his own Country. A Selection from the Writings of A. . Street [with Drawings by Lionel Edwards, R.I]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 15 charming plates (one double-page) by Edwards, small stain on fore-edge (not affecting text); original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by Charles Stewart. Scarce in the dustwrapper
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THOMAS David A.
The Atlantic Star 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable compilation of vernacular accounts, and the standard reference of its type
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VESEY-FITZGERALD Brian
Rivermouth. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, a very good, firm copy in unclipped and very lightly browned dustwrapper.
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WARREN C. Henry
Happy Countryman. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
8vo., Second Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations in the text, some mild occasional spotting; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped and lightly browned dustwrapper. An uncommon Warren/Tunnicliffe collaboration, especially in this condition
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TRENCH Charles Chenevix
The Poacher and the Squire. A History of Poaching and Game Preservation in England.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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ELLISON Norman
Out of Doors with Nomad. Further Adventures among the Wild Life of the Countryside. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, covers very lightly faded at extremities else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very slightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. Ellison was 'Nomad the Naturalist' of the BBC programme 'Children's Hour'.
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LOCKLEY Ronald
The Island. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped and lightly frayed dustwrapper.
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WAAGE Johan
The Narvik Campaign. Translated from the Norwegian by Ewan Butler.
8vo., First English Edition, with 17 plates on 8 and a double-page map in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition was published in Oslo in the previous year. Scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.281.
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WARREN C. Henry
The Writer's Art.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth, a remarkably bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter faintly browned at backstrip. Scarce in this condition
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WARREN C. Henry
Happy Countryman.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, title lightly spotted; cloth, a little shaken else a very good, clean copy in unclipped but worn and frayed dustwrapper. A scarce Warren title
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WATKINS-PITCHFORD Denys J.
The Countryman's Bedside Book. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. FRESH, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (several full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper ; maroon cloth, cream cloth back lettered in maroon, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy.
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WHITBREAD Ltd
The Whitbread Book of Horses.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations(many full-page) in the text; coloured pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Covers heavy draught horses, army and police horses, ponies and all manner of equestrian sports.
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WIGHTMAN Ralph
Abiding Things.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page scaperboard illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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WIGHTMAN Ralph
Rural Rides. Illustrated by Ern Brooks.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Wightman retraces Cobbett's journeys one hundred and thirty years on
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WIGHTMAN Ralph
Take Life Easy.
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8, corner clipped from front endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a personal bookplate on front paste-down. Wightman's autobiography is partricularly interesting for the light it throws on the BBC of the 1950's (the author was a regular broadcaster on the countryside, and a panel member of 'Any Questions' and 'The Brain's Trust')
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WIGHTMAN Ralph
Take Life Easy.
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Wightman's autobiography is partricularly interesting for the light it throws on the BBC of the 1950's (the author was a regular broadcaster on the countryside, and a panel member of 'Any Questions' and 'The Brain's Trust')
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JEKYLL Gertrude
Old West Surrey. Some Notes and Memories. With 350 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. [Facsimile reissue]. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece and very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, tan endpapers, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1904.
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WILLIAMSON], [Henry
Voices on the Green.
8vo., First Edition, with a wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved illustrations (several full-page) in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Extensive anthology nicely illustrated by many of the best wood-engravers of the period, including Ravilious, Gibbings, Miller Parker, McNab and Hughes Stanton (frontispiece). Includes Williamson: 'The Ackymals', Bates: 'Time-Expired'; Brittain: 'Mutterchen' and Sackville-West: 'Adventuring'. Scarce in this condition. Eads B.181 (recording Bates: Time-Expired).
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INGRAMS Richard
John Stewart Collis. A Memoir.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 9 plates on 4; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TOMKINSON [W.]
The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign 1809-1815. By Lieut. Col. Tomkinson. Edited by his Son James Tomkinson. Second Edition. SIR CHARLES OMAN'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE
8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, 2 plates in photogravure and 5 folding maps, neat signature on front free endpaper verso, half-title, frontispiece and title mildly spotted ; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing regimental crest of 16th Light Dragoons in gilt, gilt back, black endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. SIR CHARLES OMAN'S COPY WITH HIS NINETEENTH CENTURY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Tomkinson's Diary was first published in 1894 (a number of Press reviews is given on half-title verso). Widely regarded as a classic personal account of the campaign, it has been several times reissued but usually without the plates. This second edition contains the editor's final amendments, including the correction to the part played by Vivian's brigade at Waterloo. A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, ASSOCIATION COPY. Sandler 3277.
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KITCHEN Fred
Jesse and his Friends. Illustrations by Gerald Gardiner.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and several illustrations in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges.
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BARRETT Hugh
Early to Rise. A Suffolk Morning. With Drawings by Roderic Barrett. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; mulberry cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Vivid, first-hand account of a Suffolk farm-pupil in the 1930s. Steward, 1142.
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BADSEY Stephen
Campaign Series. Arnhem 1944. Operation 'Market Garden'. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs, coloured illustrations and maps throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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EVANSS Tony
English Cottages. Introduction by John Betjeman. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured photographs (the majority full-page) in the text; original cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Peterson B178.
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MOORE] [John
John Moore's England. A Selection from his Writings.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is illustrated by Nan Kivell
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BOYD A.W.
The Country Diary of a Cheshire Man.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 20 plates on 14, neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper.
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DRABBLE Phil
Country Seasons. Photographs by Stanley Potter. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MOORE John
You English Words. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy.
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MOORE John
You English Words. [Third Impression]. BERTA LAWRENCE'S COPY
8vo., Third Impression; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy. This copy was formerly in the library of Berta Lawrence, the West Country author and topographer, and bears her signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper
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THOMAS William Beach
A Year in the Country. Edited and introduced by J.C. Trewin with Decorations by Philip Gough.
8vo., First Edition, with decorative title and several illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter just a little chipped at head and tail of backstrip. With a relevant cutting affixed to front paste-down and book token illustraion affixed to front free endpaper.
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UTTLEY Alison
Secret Places and other Essays. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper
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UTTLEY Alison
Wild Honey. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly marked and with minor loss at head of backstrip.
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JEFFERIES Richard
The Story of My Heart. Edited with the First Draft of the Author's Manuscript and an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece and 7 plates and facsimiles, some minor offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled, chipped without loss at head of backstrip and wanting bottom inch at tail of backstrip. Uncommon in this condition. Miller & Matthews B18.50.
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SANCHA S.
The Luttrell Village. Country Life in the Early Fourteenth Century.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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