Resultados de búsqueda: Rural Life from Washburn Books

London: Faber & Faber, 1972 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two journeys in post-war England, with two young people wanting to break away and live in the woods. Bright gilt lettering to spine. School library stamp to front pastedown, mark to front endpaper from library date stamp label and spine slightly slanted, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some wear to edges and corners, with one 1/2" closed tear to top edge of flyleaf, otherwise good..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1978 Ex-Library. Good. Library Binding. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Humorous tales of rural life. 239pp. Remains of library date stamp label to front endpaper and usual stamps, otherwise good copy with dustwrapper laminated onto boards..

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1931 Book. Illus. by C J Vine. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint of New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second volume in the 'Flower-Patch' Series of books about rural life in the Wye Valley by the English journalist and editor Flora Klickmann (1867-1958), first published in 1917. 309pp. Colour illustration to frontis. White lettering to top board and spine. Some bumping to spine and corners, foxing and marking to edges and margins, some edges rough-cut and gift inscription in pencil to endpaper, otherwise fair copy. Unclipped DJ somewhat soiled and edgeworn , with nicks to corners and fraying to spine..

London: Michael Joseph, 1972 Book. Illus. by Jean Tangye. Good. Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Continuation of the author's story of life on a flower farm near Land's End, which started with A Gull on the Roof. 185pp, illustrated with black and white drawings to the text. Gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing and bumping to spine and corners, otherwise good plus copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear and marking to rear panel, otherwise good..

London: Hermes House, 1997 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Over 275 inspiring step-by-step projects and recipes for country style living. 512pp with index, illustrated profusely throughout with colour photographs. Minor bumping to boards and slight marking to page edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ creased, with 1.5" tear to rear panel, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be requested..

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1979 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of over 150 black and white photographs depicting life in the English countryside between 1844 and 1914. 120pp with index. Some rubbing and creasing to spine, corners and edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Bantam Press, 1993 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of extracts from a wide variety of writers, evoking the dream and reality of the English countryside. 224pp with index, beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs in colour and black and white and decorated endpapers. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped with some edgewear, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOK, will weigh over 1kg when packaged, extra postage willbe requested..

1988 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Articles, regular features and poems, illustrated in black and white throughout. Cover has colour photograph of red squirrels in autumn. 240pp. Minor wear to edges..

Idbury, Kingham, Oxford: J W Robertson Scott, 1927 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reissue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Souvenir Edition of the Countryman, first published in 1927. This issue possibly an undated facsimile unless extremely well preserved. 76pp illustrated in black and white. .

Devizes, Wiltshire: Select Editions, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Thus. 9.75" Tall x 9.25" Wide. Foreword by Gordon Beningfield. Celebration of the British countryside as it was until the early 1960s, with an informed commentary to a collection of black and white photographs from the archives of the Institute of Agricultural History at the University of Reading. 95pp. Minimal bend to front board, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has negligible wear, otherwise near fine..

London: Blandford Press, 1946 Book. Illus. by Peter Scott, Joan Rickarby. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anthology of writing about the countryside from a variety of authors, including Daohne du Maurier, Adrian Bell, Henry Williamson and others. 235pp illustrated with two colour paintings by Peter Scott, black and white drawings to the chapter heads and 32 pages of black and white photographs. Some rubbing to spine and corners, left hinge cracking and sunning to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ frayed to edges, otherwsie good..

Helmsley, York: Paul S Dunn, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir of a North Yorkshire farmer, taken from his diaries; a chronicle of rural life from 1950 - 2000. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight edge and surface wear to cover and some rippled pages to the rear, otherwise very good copy..

Chichester, Sussex: Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2012 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of verse and prose by English writers in celebration of an English year. 255pp illustrated with black and white drawings to the text. Silver lettering to spine. Minimal marking to top edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has tiny label covering the price, otherwise near fine..

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1935 Book. Illus. by Douglas Percy Bliss. Good. Orange Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reconstruction of life in a Scottish rural community in the 19th century. 173pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Green lettering to top board and spine. Top edges tinted. Boards slightly bowed, slight marking to edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy..

Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles plc, 1974 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Examination of the customs and traditions of rural communities in England, many of which remain today as part of the country's collective wisdom. 202pp illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs and drawings to the text. WI Books edition. Creasing to cover and some corners and some marking to inside cover and end pages, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Verse and prose concerning rural life. 332pp plus publisher's data to rear. Gilt design and lettering to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Section193-206pp slightly loose, slight bumping to spine and corners and top edges dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Century, 1991 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First omnibus edition containing "Seasons of my Life" and "Daughter of the Dales", telling the story of a Yorkshire farmer. 319pp, illustrated profusely throughout with photographs in colour and black and white, drawings and a map. Family tree to endpapers. Red ribbon page-marker. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Minor marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ slightly faded to spine and with minor creasing to edges, otherwise very good..

Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Limited, 1990 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 2nd Edition. 9.7" Tall x 12.2" Wide. Account of the lives of sheep farmers in North West England, portrayed through dialogue with the farmers and a unique collection of 140 photographs. 155pp, brilliantly illustrated throughout in colour. Slight marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage may be requested for Air Mail shipping..

Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Ltd, 1990 Book. Good. Illustrated Boards. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 9.5" Tall x 12.25" Wide. Collection of photographs illustrating the secluded existence of shepherds in the hills of the north west of England, accompanied by informative text and dialogues with the hill farmers. Signed by the authors to the title page. 157pp illustrated with colour photographs. Blue endpapers. Some foxing to top edges. Lower panel has a dent and scratch, which also mar the surface of the unclipped wrapper, otherwise a good copy in a fair/good DJ. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..

London & Sydney: Sphere Books Ltd, 1985 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second collection of stories of rural life by a former teacher of Latin and Greek at Harvard who gave up university life to settle in a remote corner of Ireland. 147pp. Some foxing and marking to top edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..