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EVANS George Ewart
The Horse in the Furrow. [Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Second Impression]. IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. Second Impression with illustrations some light offsetting to free endpapers neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed at extremities and with one short closed tear. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1960 and now scarce in its own right
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EVANS George Ewart
The Horse in the Furrow. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BADCOCK J.C.
A Countryman's Calendar. The Years of Pilgrimage. Illustrated by the Author.
8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and title in green and black and numerous line illustrations (several full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GANDER Ann
Adrian Bell: Voice of the Countryside. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes a useful bibliography. SCARCE.
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PRICE Nancy
Into an Hour Glass. [Second Impression]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and pictorial endpapers, free endpaprs lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the frayed and creased with minor loss at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION IN CHARACTERISTIC GREEN INK ON FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE
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JEFFERIES Richard
The Nature Diaries and Note-Books of Richard Jefferies. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates of facsimiles; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Miller & Matthews B35.1.
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MOORE John
The White Sparrow. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb
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MASSINGHAM H.J.
This Plot of Earth. A Gardener's Chronicle. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF AN UNCOMMON WARTIME MASSINGHAM
8vo., First Edition; burgundy cloth, gilt back, boards a little faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, unevenly sunned dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Hans Feibusch.
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STREET A. G.
Farming: How to Begin. [Second Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip and chafed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail. Published two months after the first impression. One of the most elusive of all Street's works. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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FUSSELL G.E.
The English Rural Labourer. His Home, Furniture, Clothing and Food from Tudor to Victorian Times. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 17 plates on 12 and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, , the latter mildly sunned at backstrip. Valuable study with extensive bibliography.
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BELL Adrian
Silver Ley. With Illustrations by Harry Becker. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to,. First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, title in green and black, and numerous coloured and monochrome plates, free endpapers very faintly spotted, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BADSEY Stephen
Campaign 1. Normandy 1944. Allied Landings and Breakout. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy
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NIALL Ian
Fresh Woods. Illustrated with Wood-Engravings by Barbara Greg. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous fine wood-engravings (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original brown cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the author's sixth book. The dustwrapper is apparently the second issue, with magpies on front panel and fox on rear panel. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.
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STREET A. G.
Master of None. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and rubbed at extremities.
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FUSSELL G E.
The Farmer's Tools 1500-1900. The History of British Farm Implements, Tools and Machinery before the Tractor came. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Lovely copy of a standard reference. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WATKINS-PITCHFORD Deny J.
The Idle Countryman. Illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in in the text; maroon cloth, cream cloth back lettered in maroon, a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy.
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THOMAS Sir William Beach
The Way of a Dog. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue-green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BREARS P.C.D.
The English Country Pottery. Its History and Techniques. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 15 monochrome plates on 8, and numerous illustrations (several full-page) and maps in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This scarce standard reference includes a regional gazetteer, and glossaries of terms and vessels. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ROMANY, pseud.
Out with Romany By Meadow and Stream. Illustrations by Reg Gammon. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; tan cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in dark red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. First published in 1942. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BELL Adrian
The Open Air. An Anthology of English Country Life. With Decorations by Reynolds Stone. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and numerous wood-engravings in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at edges. Bell's well-known anthology was first published in 1936. This is the first issue illustrated by Stone, whose highly evocative illustrations (and dustwrapper artwork) complement the narrative perfectly. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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WIGHTMAN Ralph
Watching the Certain Things. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, endpapers lightly spotted; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a firm, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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BENSUSAN S.L
Marshland Echoes. [Illustrations by Betty Aylmer]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, clean copy. Short stories by the laureate of the marshes. Uncommon, especially in this condition
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BESHLIE
Traveller's Joy. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BENSUSAN S.L.
My Woodland Friends. Illustrated by Joan Rickarby. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Here the chronicler of the Marshes turns his attention to the Essex woodlands. Scarce in this condition.
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BENSUSAN S.L
A Marshland Omnibus. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (repeated on wrapper) by Rowland Suddaby; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Collects no fewer than ninety-nine short (and longer) stories by the laureate of the Essex marches. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.
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CARTER Thomas
War Medals of the British Army 1650-1891. [Facsimile reissue]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece and plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Carter & Long' is an indispensable reference including HEIC medals, campaign medals 1801-1891, VC up to the South African Wars, DCM, Long Service medals and others. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1893.
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NIALL Ian
To Speed the Plough. Mechanisation comes to the Farm. [With Illustratons by C.F. Tunnicliffe]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NIALL Ian
A Fowler's World. An Account of Days on the Marsh and Estuary. With Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip.
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RAQ, pseud.
Romany, Muriel and Doris. By Raq. Presented by G.K. Evens. Illustrations by Reg Gammon. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, boards lightly faded else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Written by Romany's son, Glyn K. Evens. With the trade ticket of Lodge & Lightfoot of Scarborough on front paste-down. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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NIALL Ian
The Owl Hunters. Illustrated by Andrew Sier. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, top lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the most elusive of Niall's works, this second story of Billy Boyo and Albert Finn contains a wealth of information on keeping owls. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ROGERSON Sydney
Both Sides of the Road. A Book about Farming. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece, 22 fine coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, endpapers mildly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly spotted and a trifle sunned at backstrip. Second of Tunnicliffe's masterly collaborations with Rogerson following 'Our Bird Book' (1947). SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.
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SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN.
Army of the Sutlej 1845-6. Casualty Roll. [From India Office Archives.] FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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PUNJAB CAMPAIGN.
Punjab Campaign 1848-9. Casualty Roll. [From India Office Archives.] FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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HAGGARD, ed. Lilias Rider
I Walked by Night. Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers. Edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. Illustrated by Edward Seago. [Third Impression]. POACHING CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED BY SEAGO
8vo., Third Impression, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations in the text;, tiny contemporary inscription on half-title; oatmeal holland, upper board blocked in brown, backstrip lettered in brown, beige endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled, backstrip a little browned else a very good, clean copy. Published three months after the first edition.
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ROMANY, pseud.
Out with Romany Once More. Illustrations by Reg Gammon. Fourth Impression. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip. Issued from the publisher's wartime address at St. Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent. First published in 1940. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ROMANY, pseud.
Out with Romany by the Sea. Illustrations by Reg Gammon and Photographs by the Author. Second Impression. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, joints lightly faded else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published three months after the first edition. Fifth of Romany's immensely popular books, issued from the publisher's wartime address at St. Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ARCHER Fred
Under the Parish Lantern. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 27 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; brown tweed cloth, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Gavin Rowe. Edwardian village life in Worcestershire's Vale of Evesham.
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NIALL Ian
Country Blacksmith. With Illustrations by E. Meirion Roberts. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMSON, intro. Henry
Nature in Britain. An Illustrated Survey. Introduced by Henry Williamson. With Contributions by R. St. Barbe Baker, E.G. Boulenger, L.C. Bushby, R. and E. Gathorne-Hardy, Seton Gordon and Frances Pitt. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 142 monochrome plates, free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities and with long closed tear at backstrip. Published in Batsford's series 'The Pilgrim's Library' with fine wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. Williamson's introduction includes notes on the contributors. Matthews B.1936b (recording the first edition).
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WARREN C. Henry
English Cottages and Farm-Houses. [Britain in Pictures series]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and 27 monochrome illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at edges and on (predominantly white) rear panel. Published in Collins' well-known 'Britain in Pictures' series. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Carney 128.
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STREET A. G.
To Be A Farmer's Boy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; dark green cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly faded and browned at backstrip. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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STREET A. G.
Cooper's Crossing. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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FARRINGTON Anthony
The Second Afghan War 1878-1880. Casualty Roll. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Sm. folio, First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES (this copy out-of-series).
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NIALL Ian
The Way of a Countryman. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; yellow cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ELLISON Norman
Adventuring with Nomad. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; terracotta cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ellison was 'Nomad the Naturalist' of the BBC programme 'Children's Hour'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GOSSE Philip
Go to the Country. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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EVANS George Ewart
Ask the Fellows who cut the Hay. Watercolours and Drawings by David Gentleman. [Second Impression thus.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression thus, with coloured illustrations (a number double-page) throughout, folding map and pictorial endpapers; pictorial white boards, backstrip lettered in grey, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Augmented by Gentleman's delightful illustrations, this is an evocative reissue of Evans' invaluable record of the old East Suffolk rural community as seen (and heard) in the village of Blaxhall and environs. A modern classic, first published in 1956. Steward 1152 (recording the first edition).
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ARCHER Fred
When Village Bells were Silent. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8 and illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Life in Worcestershire's Bredon Hill villages during WWII.
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BENSUSAN S.L.
These from God's Own County. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at extremities. Collects forty-four short stories set, as ever, in the Essex marshlands. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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MORPURGO Michael
All Around the Year. Photographs by James Ravilious. Drawings by Robin Ravilious. New Poems by Ted Hughes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Contains twelve poems by Hughes of which two ('Barley' and 'Foal') appear here for the first time. Sagar & Tabor B93.
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