RURAL VILLAGE LIFE
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Wild Wings Stuart, Frank (Book #ID 83089) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First Edition 1951. London 1951. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cobalt blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. Slight creasing to the spine ends, tan age spots to the upper edges of the end papers, in name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with nicks to the upper spine end and corners, not price clipped 14/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Wild Life of River and Marsh Niall, Ian [Illustrated by Lynette Hemmant] (Book #ID 83638) Published by William Heinemann Ltd., London First Edition 1971. London 1971. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original kingfisher paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 89 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated headers. Very little wear to the covers, tape traces to the free end papers and paste downs, foxing to the edges, ink message dated 1971 to the front paste down. Near Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tape traces to the flaps, not price clipped 21s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Carry On Regardless [Signed] Page, Robin [Illustrated by John Paley] (Book #ID 84493) Published by Bird's Farm Books, Barton, Cambridgeshire 2007. 2007. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [paperback]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 168 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'To Alex, Happy reading, Robin Page, 30th March 2007'. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0905232259 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Wild Life Through The Year Morse, Richard (Book #ID 84190) Published by Adam & Charles Black, Ltd., 4-6 Soho Square, London First Edition 1942. 1942. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grass green cloth covers, brown title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 6½'' x 5¼''. Contains 157 printed pages of text with 16 colour plates, 40 photographs and many drawings. Very little wear to the covers, front paste down creased, ink message dated 1954 to the front free end papers, tan age spots to the fore edges. Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nicks and chips to the spine ends, corners and rear gutter, age darkened spine, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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This Way To The Castle [Pitman's Green Jacket Series] Cobb, Ruth [Illustrated by the Author] (Book #ID 107180) Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., London circa 1944. circa 1944. Hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered green back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 254 pp with colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations by the Author throughout. War economy standard paper, spine ends softened, tiny rubs to the gutters, ink message dated 1952 to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in near Good condition dust wrapper with nicks and rubs to spine ends and corners, closed tears with related creasing to the edges, not price clipped 6/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Country Town Story Cobb, Ruth (Book #ID 107508) Published by John Crowther Ltd., Bognor Regis and 14 Henrietta Place, London First Edition 1946. 1946. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original camel brown cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 70 pp with 26 delightful full-page monochrome illustrations by the author throughout. Bookplate to the front paste down. Very Good condition book, in Good condition dust wrapper with chips along the top edge, not price clipped, 7/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Latest Country Talk Peel, J. H. B. [John Hugh Brignal Peel (1913-1983) was a British journalist, author and poet, writing about farming and the countryside]. Illustrated by Val Biro (Book #ID 98709) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell House, Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1981. 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, burgundy title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 204 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709194188 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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A Day In The Country Jones, E. Wheatley [Co-Operative Wholesale Society Limited] (Book #ID 93268) Published by Co-Operative Wholesale Society Limited, Longsight, Manchester April 1949. 1949. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 32 pages (+ the covers) with wonderful full-page colour illustrations throughout, C.W.S. colour advertisements to the inside covers, rear cover, and double page spread to the centre. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Inland Farm Lockley, R. M. (Book #ID 100748) Published by H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 326 High Holborn, London First Edition 1943. 1943. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original bottle green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Light foxing to the page edges, name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with triangular piece of paper missing across the top corner of the rear cover, chips and tears to the ends and corners, not price clipped, 10/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Cuckoo Marans in The Taproom; An Innkeeper in the Vale of Glamorgan Brock, Derek [Jacket and illustrations by Paul Cox] (Book #ID 98546) Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London First Edition 1985. 1985. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original crimson paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 188 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated headers and illustrations in the text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with a little sun fading to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 071954209X Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Morning Stories [Signed] Goodland, Norman (Book #ID 99289) Published by Paul Cave Ltd., 74 Bedford Place, Southampton Reprinted Edition 1989. 1984. Publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 102 printed pages of text with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Good luck Charles! Norman Goodland.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0861460464 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Foxes Three Burkett, Molly and John [Illustrated by Pamela Johnson] (Book #ID 99432) Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, USA First Edition 1975. 1975. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Minimal wear to the spine ends. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends and corners, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0397316305 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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More Tea Less Vicar! | How to Survive in an English Country Vicarage when You're Not the Vicar! [Signed] Fraser, Jill (Book #ID 99636) Published by Brewin Books, Studley, Warwickshire, 2009. 2009. Publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains [viii], 248 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Jill Fraser.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781858582948 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Harvesting the Field | An Anthology of Letters From the Field from 1853 to the Present Day Robertson, James Irvine (Book #ID 99815) Published by Pelham Books Ltd., 27 Wrights Lane, London First Edition 1991. 1991. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 7¼''. Full printer's code to the copyright page stating first edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains 208 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £17.99, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0720719852 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Dew on the Grass | With a Prefatory Letter from Charles Morgan Lewis, Eiluned [Charles Morgan] Illustrated End Papers by Eve Garnett (Book #ID 107172) Published by Lovat Dickson Ltd., 38 Bedford Street, London Second Printing Before Publication 1934. 1934. Second printing before publication hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered white back, illustrated end papers by Eve Garnett. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (ix), 222 pp. Age darkening to the covers and closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Life On The Land Kitchen, Fred [Woodcuts by Frank Ormrod] (Book #ID 108825) Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London Reprinted Edition 1941. 1941. Hard back binding in publisher's original taupe cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 276 pp with monochrome woodcuts, full and half-page throughout. Wear to upper corners and spine end, shallow rubs to lower edges, ink message dated 1944 to front paste down and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Verdant Memories Stovin, G. H. T. (Book #ID 105382) Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London First Edition 1948. 1948. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original British racing green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in black. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Warne print code 563.147. Contains 185 pp with 23 monochrome archive photographs on coated paper throughout. Ink name 'Bernard Cook' and light foxing to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 12/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Inns and Villages of England (Volume I). Hogg, Garry (Book #ID 105881) Published by George Newnes Ltd., Tower House, 8-11 Southampton Street, Strand, London First Edition 1966. 1966. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth effect covered boards, gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 160 pp with full-page monochrome archive photograph to every right-hand leaf and descriptive text opposite. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little printer's blurring of the front cover photograph, not price clipped, 25s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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The Victorian Village Souden, David (Book #ID 105882) Published by Book Club Associates, London | Collins & Brown Ltd., 195 Knightsbridge, London 1991. 1991. Hard back binding in publisher's original Venetian red cloth covered boards, gilt back. Quarto. 9'' x 10''. Contains 160 pp with lovely colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Hedingham Harvest; Victorian Family Life in Rural England Robinson, Geoffrey (Book #ID 107330) Published by Constable and Company Ltd., 10-12 Orange Street, Leicester Square, London First Edition 1977. 1977. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, archive photographic end papers, pink dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 204 pp with family trees to the rear. Lower edges just a little scuffed. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition panoramic illustrated dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the corners and spine ends, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0094619603 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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And Far Away Hogg, Gary (Book #ID 107615) Published by The Travel Book Club, 121 Charing Cross Road, London Reprinted Edition 1948. 1948. Hard back binding in publisher's original emerald green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 186 pp with monochrome small maps drawn by the Author and archive photographs on coated paper throughout. Shallow rubs to the spine ends, age darkened end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with age darkened spine with 20 mm tears to the gutters, upper edges scuffed, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Photographs and Local History [Batsford Local History Series] Oliver, George (Book #ID 108354) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London First Edition 1989. 1989. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chocolate paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 128 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. The binder's have duplicated the first 16 pp including the photographs of the book three times after the index. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Good Neighbours | Some Recollections of an English Village and its People Rose, Walter [Monochrome Sketches by John Hookham] (Book #ID 108407) Published Cambridge: At the University Press First Edition 1942. 1942. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [viii], 138 pp with monochrome sketches by John Hookham. Bookplate to the front paste down. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small tears along the top edges, not price clipped, 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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English Country Crafts; A Survey of their Development from Early Times to Present Day Wymer, Norman (Book #ID 108432) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London First Edition 1946. 1946. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 116 pp with colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Shallow rubs to the softened spine ends, foxing to the closed page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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The Country Parson Goodenough, Simon (Book #ID 108450) Published by David & Charles Ltd., Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon First Edition 1983. 1983. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 184 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Spine ends creased. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715382381 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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Geese! Memoirs of a Wildfowler Miller, Edward (Book #ID 110814) Published by Merlin Unwin Books Ltd., Ludlow Shropshire First Edition 2007. 2007. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original French blue paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, French blue end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 335 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781873674130 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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The Way of A Countryman Niall, Ian [Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe] (Book #ID 110816) Published by Merlin Unwin Books Ltd., Ludlow Shropshire Reprinted Edition 2000. 2000. Hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, illustrated end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 165 pp with illustrated headers, full-page monochrome illustrations and in text throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781906122461 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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The Shooting Man's Bedside Book 'B.B.' [Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford] (Book #ID 110818) Published by Merlin Unwin Books Ltd., Ludlow Shropshire Reprinted Edition 2016. 2016. Hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, publisher's decorated end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 211 pp with wood engravings, headers and tailpieces, and in text throughout. Lower spine end turned-in. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781873674666 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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The Countryman's Bedside Book 'B.B.' [Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford] (Book #ID 110819) Published by Merlin Unwin Books Ltd., Ludlow Shropshire Reprinted Edition 2012. 2012. Hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, publisher's illustrated end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 253 pp with full-page wood engravings and in text throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781873674949 Click here to select books from the RURAL VILLAGE LIFE Category |
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