Author: Eric Benfield
Title: Southern English Reminiscences of Purbeck Country and People
Description: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memoir by Eric Benfield, describing the people and life Purbeck, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated by Denys-Watkins-Pitchford with a monochrome frontispiece and eleven full page monochrome illustrations. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, uncommon dust wrapper. This work was written by Eric Benfield and provides a memoir of the author's life on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The work describes the area as well as the people and their every day lives. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight fading to the spine. The odd very light spot to the rear endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine and rear, spotting to the rear, slight marks, edge wear, chips and small closed tears. Spotting and offsetting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Keywords: First edition Illustrated England Eric Benfield Illustrated Denys Watkins-Pitchford


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