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	BASKERVILLE, ARTHUR Grasping Nettles: Tales of Tension and Triumph Salisbury, Downland Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953746003) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No previous owner marks, black cloth, gilt title lettering, 215 pages. If you want to get the real story behind being a rural vet, "Doing Her Best" is authentic and well-told. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 2114 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	DENYER, MARY The Freewood Years: My Son, His Animals and Me London, Michael O'Mara Books. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854793896) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. x +144 pages, illus with drawings in text. The Second World War was nearing its end and Mary Denyer and her eleven-year-old son, John, were living in a small thatched cottage in Freewood, Suffolk; their cottage became home to a succession of orphaned animals, including weasels, squirrels, badgers and a variety of birds. The author is now 95 years old; her son went on to win a scholarship to Oxford University and has worked with wildlife in Tanzania, Kenya and India. Fine/Fine. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 1597 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	FAIRLESS, MICHAEL. INTRODUCTION BY FREDERICK DUNBAR. The Roadmender. London; Collins' Clear Type Press (nd).. VG. 7 x 5 ins, bound in limp red leather, gilt stamped on front cover & spine, 125 pages. Contains "The Roadmender", "Out of the Shadow" and "At the White Gate". VG+ condition, no previous owner name. A very nice copy. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 3894 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	HAUXWELL, HANNAH (WITH BARRY COCKROFT).: Daughter of the Dales. London; Arrow Books, 1991.. VG. Paperback, 191 pages, colour photographs.& b/w illustrations. VG+ clean copy. Sequel to "Seasons of My Life". Leaving Lower Birk Hatt and coping with 'civilization'. Filled with authentic social and natural details. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 2368 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	QUINCE, PETER Country Life London, George Allen & Unwin. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0046300074) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: J. Caesar Smith. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 107 pages, 18 line drawings, neat previous owner name on front endpaper, in very nice unclipped dustjacket, first edition. This delightful chronicle of an English village and its surrounding woods and hills ranges widely, from the evolution of the landscape to the state of the village pub, from curiosities of rural history to close observation of wildlife, from the persistence of old traditions to the emergence of new country ways. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 3.35 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.58 \| JP¥ 496] Book number: 5265 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	TAYLOR, ALICE. The Village. Co.Kerry, Ireland; Brandon, 1992.. F. Card covers, 160 pages. No previous owner name. Alice Taylor paints a memorable portrait of village life in the third of her books of memoirs of country life. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 3119 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	WHITMORE, RICHARD; BETHELL, JOHN The Villages of Hertfordshire Newbury, Countryside Books. 1995. (ISBN: 1853063460) Hard Cover. Hardback edition. A photographic portfolio with thumbnail sketches of 60 or so villages; landscape format, 26 x 20 cms, laminated pictorial boards, 79 pages, colour photography by John Bethell. Near fine, previous owner inscription on front endpaper, in pictorial dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.5 \| JP¥ 1111] Book number: 3183 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.

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	BASKERVILLE, ARTHUR Grasping Nettles: Tales of Tension and Triumph Salisbury, Downland Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953746003) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No previous owner marks, black cloth, gilt title lettering, 215 pages. If you want to get the real story behind being a rural vet, "Doing Her Best" is authentic and well-told. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 2114 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	DENYER, MARY The Freewood Years: My Son, His Animals and Me London, Michael O'Mara Books. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854793896) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. x +144 pages, illus with drawings in text. The Second World War was nearing its end and Mary Denyer and her eleven-year-old son, John, were living in a small thatched cottage in Freewood, Suffolk; their cottage became home to a succession of orphaned animals, including weasels, squirrels, badgers and a variety of birds. The author is now 95 years old; her son went on to win a scholarship to Oxford University and has worked with wildlife in Tanzania, Kenya and India. Fine/Fine. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 1597 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	FAIRLESS, MICHAEL. INTRODUCTION BY FREDERICK DUNBAR. The Roadmender. London; Collins' Clear Type Press (nd).. VG. 7 x 5 ins, bound in limp red leather, gilt stamped on front cover & spine, 125 pages. Contains "The Roadmender", "Out of the Shadow" and "At the White Gate". VG+ condition, no previous owner name. A very nice copy. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 3894 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	HAUXWELL, HANNAH (WITH BARRY COCKROFT).: Daughter of the Dales. London; Arrow Books, 1991.. VG. Paperback, 191 pages, colour photographs.& b/w illustrations. VG+ clean copy. Sequel to "Seasons of My Life". Leaving Lower Birk Hatt and coping with 'civilization'. Filled with authentic social and natural details. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 2368 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	QUINCE, PETER Country Life London, George Allen & Unwin. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0046300074) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: J. Caesar Smith. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 107 pages, 18 line drawings, neat previous owner name on front endpaper, in very nice unclipped dustjacket, first edition. This delightful chronicle of an English village and its surrounding woods and hills ranges widely, from the evolution of the landscape to the state of the village pub, from curiosities of rural history to close observation of wildlife, from the persistence of old traditions to the emergence of new country ways. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 3.35 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.58 \| JP¥ 496] Book number: 5265 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	TAYLOR, ALICE. The Village. Co.Kerry, Ireland; Brandon, 1992.. F. Card covers, 160 pages. No previous owner name. Alice Taylor paints a memorable portrait of village life in the third of her books of memoirs of country life. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.83 \| JP¥ 519] Book number: 3119 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	WHITMORE, RICHARD; BETHELL, JOHN The Villages of Hertfordshire Newbury, Countryside Books. 1995. (ISBN: 1853063460) Hard Cover. Hardback edition. A photographic portfolio with thumbnail sketches of 60 or so villages; landscape format, 26 x 20 cms, laminated pictorial boards, 79 pages, colour photography by John Bethell. Near fine, previous owner inscription on front endpaper, in pictorial dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.5 \| JP¥ 1111] Book number: 3183 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.