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Heinemann. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Newton Abbot, UK: Country Book Club. Very Good/Very Good. 1973. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.146 page clean and tight. James Shaw's father and grandfather were foresters on great Scottish estates. James's own plans to study forestry were changed by the 191418 War in which he served with the Scots Guards. At the end of the war Jim ran a pit-prop production centre in Wales and later became a timber adviser in the South of England. He joined the newly established Forestry Commission and planted the first conifers in the Conway Valley area and eventually was in charge of the reafforestation of eight Welsh counties for the Forestry Commission and was awarded the MBE. This book, with its vivid descriptions of forest fires, the havoc of gales, the devastation of forests for timber in two world wars and the careful replanting makes the reader more aware of the trees around him. .

London: Heinemann, 1972. First Edition . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Gift inscription on front end-paper. 146pp.

London, UK: William Heinemann, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 146pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine ends. Corners lightly rubbed. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mylar protected (not adhered), very light chipping to top edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. The story of James Lymburn Shaw, Forester of Killearn, Tintern, and Gwydr, whose memorial stands in hundreds of thousands of trees which will still be growing well into the next century.

Country Book Club, 1973. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First Country Book Club hardback edition, 1973, in an unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed to edges and faded to spine; boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Country Life, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Just cleared a beautiful private library - minor shelflife to unclipped d/j only - Book very clean & bright - no name - top page block with shelfwear - Guaranteed posting 24hrs St183 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.