EVANS George Ewart

The Farm and the Village. With Drawings by R.C. Lambeth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and numerous illustrations in the text; yellow cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 14378

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EVANS George Ewart

From Mouths of Men. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 14 and several illustrations in the text; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The culmination of Evans's studies in oral history, this sequel to 'The Days that we have seen' (1975) concentrates on 'mining' and 'the town'. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 16070

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EVANS George Ewart

Horse Power and Magic. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Faber,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with 22 plates on 12 and illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. A modern rural classic. Lovely copy of one of the most difficult of Evans' titles. SIGNED COPIES OF ANY OF EVANS' WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14372

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EVANS George Ewart

The Horse in the Furrow. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 27521

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Evans George Ewart

The Pattern under the Plough. Aspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia. Illustrated by David Gentleman. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; olive cloth, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of tail of backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 41740

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EVANS George Ewart

Spoken History. [Illustrations by David Gentleman].

Faber,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Conspectus of the work over thirty years of one of the pioneers of the collection of oral history

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Book number: 6259

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EVANS George Ewart

The Strength of the Hills. An Autobiography. Illustrated by David Gentleman.

Faber,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by David Gentleman. Evans reflects on his life and career from his Welsh childhood to his position as eminent rural historian (particularly of the folk traditions of East Anglia).

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Book number: 9999

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EVANS George Ewart

The Voices of the Children.

Penmark Press, Cardiff,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat signature on front paste-down; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. The author's second work and first novel. Very scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 5788

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EVANS (ed.) George Ewart

Welsh Short Stories. [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition thus, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Revised re-issue (with four new writers added) of a scarce work first published in 1937. One story by Dylan Thomas. This is the only edition edited by Evans. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14383

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EVANS George Ewart

Where Beards Wag All. The Relevance of the Oral Tradition. Illustrated by David Gentleman. [Country Book Club edition].

Country Book Club, Newton Abbot,, 1973. 8vo., with 31 plates on 16 and very numerous illustrations by Gentleman in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. First published (by Faber) in 1970.

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Book number: 18608

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EVANS George Ewart

Where Beards Wag All. The Relevance of the Oral Tradition. Illustrated by David Gentleman. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1972]. 8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and very numerous illustrations by Gentleman in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two years after the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14173

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EVENS G. Bramwell

Out with Romany by Moor and Dale. Illustrations by Reg Gammon and Photographs by Eric J. Hosking and Romany. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

University of London Press,, [1948]. 8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly spotted dustwrapper. First published in 1944. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 41810

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FUSSELL G.E.

The English Rural Labourer. His Home, Furniture, Clothing and Food from Tudor to Victorian Times. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Batchworth Press,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 17 plates on 12 and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip. Valuable study with extensive bibliography.

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Book number: 28665

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FUSSELL G.E.

The English Countryman. His Life and Work from Tudor Times to the Victorian Age. [Second Edition].

Orbis,, [1981]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 73 plates on 64; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the classic study, originally published by Melrose in 1955.

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Book number: 4204

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FUSSELL G E.

The Farmer's Tools 1500-1900. The History of British Farm Implements, Tools and Machinery before the Tractor came. NEAR FINE COPY

Andrew Melrose,, 1952. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Lovely copy of a standard reference. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29934

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