Resultados de búsqueda: Rural Life from Washburn Books

London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Dark Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Society. 240pp with index, illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white and 3 maps. Foreword by the Marquis of Normanby. Gilt lettering to spine. Near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1890 Book. Fair. Green Buckram. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on rural life, first published in the Standard and in book form in 1880, by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887). 424pp. Gilt lettering to spine, black drawing to top board and spine. some bumping to spine and corners, top edges dusty, rest untrimmed, and light foxing to edges, otherwise fair reading copy with no inscriptions..

London: Bracken Books / Cresset Press, 1992 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Red Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fictional account of life in an imaginary Oxfordshire village which paints a picture of life from a hundred years before, seen through the eyes of Miss Charity Finch. 224pp illustrated throughout with colour drawings. Boards very slightly bowed, minor foxing to top edges inscription to front endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has minor creasing to edges, otherwise very good..

London: Sphere Books Ltd, 1978 Book. Illus. by Brian Walker. Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The story of a Gloucestershire farm in the 1940's, illustrated with black and white drawings to chapter heads. Minor creasing to corners and some marking to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Cresset Press / Bracken Books, 1992 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Classic reproduction of a West Country clergyman's diary. 288pp with index, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Minor lean to bottom board, otherwise near fine unmarked copy. Unclipped DJ has minimal edgewear and surface marking, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage will be requested for 1st class or overseas shipping..

London & New York: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Illus. by E J Sullivan. Very Good. Decorated Green Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Semi-autobiographical story about life on the open road in the 19th century, by the English novelist and travel writer George Borrow (1803-1881). 588pp illustrated with tissue guarded black and white drawing to frontis and black and white drawings to the text. All edges gilt, illustrated endpapers. Gilt design and lettering to top board and spine. Dulled lettering to spine and former owner's stamp to half title page, otherwise very good copy..

Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Limited, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 9.7" Tall x 12.2" Wide. Companion volume to 'Hill Shepherd', depicting the life of shepherds in the hills of northern England. 156pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Slight bend to lower board, otherwise near fine copy, signed to half-title page by the authors. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear and remains of price label to flyleaf, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage may be requested for Air Mail shipping..

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1996 Book. Illus. by Philip Murphy. Near Fine. Burgundy Cloth Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Well-researched history of country life, full of stories and anecdotes. 191pp with index, illustrated lavishly throughout with colour drawings and black and white photographs, reproductions and drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rippling to pages, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine..

Willsersey: Ebrington Women's Institute / Vale Press, 2006 Book. Illus. by W Carruthers. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir of life in a rural village from 1904 to1974, edited by Margaret Fisher and Pearl Mitchell. 137pp with index, illustrated with black and white maps, photographs and drawings and fold-out map tipped in, with key. Gilt lettering to top board together with tipped in colour reproduction of an original watercolour drawing by W Carruthers. Boards slightly bowed, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on rural life by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), first published in 1885, shortly before the onset of his last illness.195pp.Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners and foxing to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise good..

London: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1988 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Examination of the paradox of the depiction of country life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which tended to portray the vanishing idealistic view rather than the grimmer aspects of rural existence. 223pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour reproductions. Gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers. Slight bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with slight edgewear, internal repair and minor fading to spine, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1903 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Series of reminiscences based on the author's relationship with the keeper of an English estate by the nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), first published in the Pall Mall Gazette. 204pp. Gilt and black design to top board, gilt lettering to spine and black endpapers. Some bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, top edges dusty and rest slightly age-toned and small patches covering inscriptions to endpapers, otherwise good copy..

Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing, 1992 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Two contrasting photo essays, one which follows the work of gamekeepers and shepherds on the Yorkshire moors, the other shows the underground grottoes and passageways which lie beneath the Dales. 157pp illustrated in full colour throughout. Small blemishes to lower edges where pages have been separated, otherwise very good copy in very good unclipped DJ. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage required for 1st class or overseas shipping..

London: Book Club Associates by arrangement with Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd, 1981 Book. Very Good. Blue Boards. New Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Record of rural life in Wiltshire, first published in 1910. This new edition published to accompany a BBC TV series includes specially commissioned drawings and period photographs. 223pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white and maps to endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..

London: Guikld Publishing by arrangement with Walker Books, 1991 Book. Illus. by Robin Bell Corfield. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Collection of poems set in an idealized English countryside, first published in 1896. This edition beautifully illustrated in a variety of media to give an authentic Shropshire setting to the poems. Introduction by Anne Carter. Unpageinated, illustrated throughout in colour. Gilt lettering to spine, pale green endpapers. Lower board very slightly bowed, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Minimal edge and surface wear to unclipped DJ, otherwise near fine..

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840 Book. Fair. Decorated Black Boards. Presumed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Essays on country sports and rural life in the 19th century accompanied by black and white drawings. 332pp. Bound in patterned paper covered boards with decorative border, faded lettering to spine, red endpapers. Cracks to both sides of backstrip, rubbing to spine, corners and edges, page edges darkened, endpapers marked, hinges pulling and half-title coming loose, otherwise fair reading copy.

Newton Abbot & London: David & Charles, 1984 Book. Illus. by Rodger McPhail. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Bird identification book, mainly for shooters. 256pp with index, illustrated with 16 colour paintings and throughout with black and white drawings, maps and photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, corners and lower edge, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and faded spine, otherwise good..

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1996 Book. Illus. by Philip Murphy. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Well-researched history of the previous generations of farmers, full of stories and anecdotes. 191pp with index, illustrated lavishly throughout with colour drawings and black and white photographs, reproductions and drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rippling to pages, otherwise near fine copy with no marks or inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine..

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1995 Book. Illus. by Philip Murphy. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of life in the woods and forests of Britain, full of stories and anecdotes. 191pp with index, illustrated lavishly throughout with colour drawings and black and white photographs, reproductions and drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rippling to pages and slight bumping to fore-edges, else near fine copy with no marks or inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, else near fine..

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1930 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Flower-Patch book, first published in 1921. White lettering to front board and spine. Colour painting "Ragged Robins by the Brook" to frontis. 311pp plus publisher's list to rear. Some foxing to edges and margins, bumping to spine and corners and former owner's name to front endpaper. Top edges dusty, otherwise good copy..