CHAPMAN D.H.

Farmer Jim. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Harrap,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; pictorial brown cloth, upper board blocked in white, backstrip lettered in white, covers lightly faded else a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges, and with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip.

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Book number: 18517

Catalogue: Countryside Authors0

Keywords: countryside, tunnicliffe, illustrated, d.h. chapman, countryside authors, farmer, jim

CLARKE Hockley

The Unfolding Year. [Second Edition]. With Drawings by Geoffrey Robinson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Almark,, 1973. 8vo., Secolnd Edition, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Evocative account of twelve months of English life, first published in 1947.

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Book number: 5145

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Keywords: countryside authors, countryside, rural, hockley clarke

COLLIS John Stewart

The Moving Waters. he Moving Waters, [Illustrations by Nicholas Egon].

Hart-Davis,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Uncommon in this condition.

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Book number: 18086

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Keywords: modern firsts, countryside authors, john stewart collis, rural philosophy, john stewart collis, countryside authors, moving, waters

COLLIS John Stewart

The Worm Forgives the Plough. Book 1. While Following the Plough. Introduction by Michael Holroyd. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Barrie & Jenkins,, [1988]. 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; grey boards, backstrip lettered in silver, patterned brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First edition with illustrations by Tunnicliffe, Stone, Anderson and Badmin among others.

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Book number: 48881

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Keywords: countryside, rural studies, collis, john stewart collis, tunnicliffe

COPPER Bob

Songs and Southern Breezes. Country Folk and Country Ways. With Drawings by the Author. Foreword by John Arlott. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with plates, illustrations and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Stories, songs and poems collected by Bob Copper from the old timers in Sussex and Hampshire. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 41332

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Keywords: topography, sussex, hampshire, hants, bob copper, countryside, countryside authors, folk song, folk singers

COPPER Bob

Songs and Southern Breezes. Country Folk and Country Ways. With Drawings by the Author. Foreword by John Arlott. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Heinemann,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with plates, illustrations and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Stories, songs and poems collected by Bob Copper from the old timers in Sussex and Hampshire. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46176

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Keywords: topography, sussex, hampshire, hants, bob copper, countryside, countryside authors, folk song, folk singers

DAY J. Wentworth

Broadland Adventure.

Country Life,, [1951]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 27 plates on 16, free endpapers lightly offset; cloth, a very good copy. Vivid descriptions of the Broads and Broadsmen of East Norfolk, with much evocative detail of days spent in sporting and natural history.

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Book number: 3016

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Keywords: topography, norfolk, east anglia, field sports, wildfowling, natural history, j. wentworth day, countryside authors, broadland, adventure

DAY J. Wentworth

The New Yeoman of England. With a Foreword by the Duke of Grafton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Harrap,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 22 plates on 14; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 45130

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Keywords: countryside authors, counteyside, farming, agriculture, wentworth day

DAY J. Wentworth

The New Yeomen of England. With a Foreword by the Duke of Grafton.

Harrap,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 22 plates on 14, endpapers mildly spotted; cloth, gilt back, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly creased and frayed at edges. Wentworth Day moves on from his famous 'Adventure' series to examine the twentieth century English yeoman.

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Book number: 9815

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Keywords: countryside, farming, agriculture, wentworth day, j. wentworth day, countryside authors, the, new, yeomen, england

DERRICK Freda

Country Craftsmen. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chapman & Hall,, 1945. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dedicated to the Kelmscott Fellowship. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45826

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Keywords: countryside authors, derrick, freda derrick, craftsmen, kelmscott fellowship

DRABBLE Phil

Country Seasons. Photographs by Stanley Potter. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1976]. 4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 2526

Catalogue: Countryside Authors0

Keywords: modern firsts, phil drabble, countryside authors, country, seasons

ELLISON Norman

Adventuring with Nomad. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

University of London Press,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; terracotta cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ellison was 'Nomad the Naturalist' of the BBC programme 'Children's Hour'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 38864

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Keywords: countryside authors, ellison, norman ellison, nomad, bbc, tunnicliffe, charles tunnicliffe

ELLISON Norman

Out of Doors with Nomad. Further Adventures among the Wild Life of the Countryside. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

University of London Press,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, covers very lightly faded at extremities else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very slightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. Ellison was 'Nomad the Naturalist' of the BBC programme 'Children's Hour'.

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Book number: 4575

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Keywords: countryside authors, ellison, norman ellison, nomad, bbc, tunnicliffe

EVANS George Ewart

Ask the Fellows who cut the Hay. Watercolours and Drawings by David Gentleman. [Second Impression thus.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Full Circle, [Woodbridge],, [2010]. 8vo., Second Impression thus, with coloured illustrations (a number double-page) throughout, folding map and pictorial endpapers; pictorial white boards, backstrip lettered in grey, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Augmented by Gentleman's delightful illustrations, this is an evocative reissue of Evans' invaluable record of the old East Suffolk rural community as seen (and heard) in the village of Blaxhall and environs. A modern classic, first published in 1956. Steward 1152 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 39276

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Keywords: mstock, countryside authors, george ewart evans, oral history, gentleman, david gentleman, east anglia, suffolk, blaxhall

EVANS George Ewart

The Days that we have seen. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. The master oral historian tackles men, trades, tools and customs. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14380

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Keywords: countryside authors, evans, george ewart evans, agriculture, farming, folklore, oral history