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Noel Carrington - Life in an English Village

Title: Life in an English Village
Description: Middlesex , Penguin Books, 1949. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this depiction of rural English life, with sixteen original lithographic plates by Edward Bawden. The scarce first edition of this volume. In the publisher's original paper-covered stiff card. With the original spine rebacked. With sixteen coloured lithographs by Edward Bawden, depicting private and communal spaces found in a typical village. Collated, complete. The introductory essay discusses the representation of English villages through the reading of travel guides and the works of Austen, Eliot and Cobbett, and highlights the traditional aesthetic villages are expected to have. In the publisher's original paper-covered stiff cards. With the original spine rebacked. Externally, smart, with rubbing and slight bumping to the extremities. A few spots and handling marks to the paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Edward Bawden. Very Good .

Keywords: Life in an English Village Edward Bawden Colour Plates Noel Carrington Edward Bawden Edward Bawden

Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 945Y16

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