MOORE John

Portrait of Elmbury [with] Brensham Village [with] The Blue Field. [The Brensham trilogy complete]. THE BRENSHAM TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins,, 1945-46-48. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, second volume with frontispiece by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper of first and third volumes; cloth (brown/brown/terracotta respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers chafed (just affecting lettering) at head and tails of backstrips The set comprises 'Portrait of Elmbury' (1945), 'Brensham Village' (1946) and 'The Blue Field' (1948). First volume in First State dustwrapper. Bright set of one of the most elegaic and best-loved accounts of the English countryside of the twentieth century. Based loosely on Tewkesbury and Bredon (Gloucestershire and Wiltshire respectively), the three novels together paint an unforgettable image of a rural England long passed away. Writing only twenty years or so after Hardy's death, Moore rekindles the spirit: 'the finest countryside writer of his generation' (Compton Mackenzie). COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 45236

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MOORE John

Portrait of Elmbury [with] Brensham Village [with] The Blue Field. [Uniform Edition]. THE BRENSHAM TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins,, [1966-1971]. 3 vols., 8vo., original red tweed cloth, backstrips blocked in black and lettered in silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly browned at backstrips. Dustwrapper artwork by Michael Harvey. The set comprises 'Portrait of Elmbury' (1966), 'Brensham Village' (1966) and 'The Blue Field' (1971). Bright, crisp set of one of the most elegaic and best-loved accounts of the English countryside of the twentieth century. Based loosely on Tewkesbury and Bredon (Gloucestershire and Wiltshire respectively), the three novels together paint an unforgettable image of a rural England long passed. Writing only twenty years or so after Hardy's death, Moore rekindles the spirit: 'the finest countryside writer of his generation' (Compton Mackenzie). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47334

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MOORE John

The Waters under the Earth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1965. 8vo., First Edition, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; green tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Leigh Taylor.

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Book number: 47052

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MOORE John

The White Sparrow. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1954. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb

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Book number: 28388

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MOORE John

You English Words. [Third Impression]. BERTA LAWRENCE'S COPY

Collins,, [1964]. 8vo., Third Impression; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy. This copy was formerly in the library of Berta Lawrence, the West Country author and topographer, and bears her signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper

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Book number: 4523

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Keywords: countryside authors, john moore, etymology, lexicography, berta lawrence

MOORE John

You English Words. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1961. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy.

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Book number: 47922

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MORPURGO Michael

All Around the Year. Photographs by James Ravilious. Drawings by Robin Ravilious. New Poems by Ted Hughes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, 1979. 4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Contains twelve poems by Hughes of which two ('Barley' and 'Foal') appear here for the first time. Sagar & Tabor B93.

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Book number: 41274

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Keywords: countryside authors, morpurgo, michael morpurgo, ted hughes, devon, dartmoor, james ravilious

NIALL Ian

Country Blacksmith. With Illustrations by E. Meirion Roberts. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37544

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Keywords: countryside authors, niall, ian niall, countryside, blacksmith, blacksmiths, blacksmithing, meirion roberts, john hanna

NIALL Ian

A Fowler's World. An Account of Days on the Marsh and Estuary. With Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip.

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Book number: 33642

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NIALL Ian

Fresh Woods. Illustrated with Wood-Engravings by Barbara Greg. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous fine wood-engravings (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original brown cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the author's sixth book. The dustwrapper is apparently the second issue, with magpies on front panel and fox on rear panel. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29095

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Keywords: countryside authors, niall, ian niall, john mcneillie

NIALL Ian

The Owl Hunters. Illustrated by Andrew Sier. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, top lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the most elusive of Niall's works, this second story of Billy Boyo and Albert Finn contains a wealth of information on keeping owls. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 35937

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NIALL Ian

To Speed the Plough. Mechanisation comes to the Farm. [With Illustratons by C.F. Tunnicliffe]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 33643

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NIALL Ian

The Way of a Countryman. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Country Life,, [1965]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; yellow cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38831

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Keywords: countryside authors, niall, ian niall, tunnicliffe, charles tunnicliffe

PEEL J.H.B.

Country Talk [with] More Country Talk [with] New Country Talk [with] Country Talk Again [with] Country Talk Continued [with] Latest Country Talk [with] Another Country Talk. 'COUNTRY TALK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Robert Hale,, [1970-83]. 7 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated titles and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt or silver backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. Peel's inimitable series, collecting essays written for his long-running column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, combines affection and nostalgia in his depiction of an England now largely vanished. 'Mr Peel knows more than any other living man about the life of the English Countryside' (John Masefield). The book are greatly enhanced by Biro's evocative wood-engravings The set comprises Country Talk (1970), More Country Talk (1973), New Country Talk (1975), Country Talk Again (1977), Country Talk Continued (1979), Latest Country Talk (1981), Another Country Talk (1983). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE

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Book number: 25078

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PEEL J. H. B.

In the Country. Poems. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MOTHER

Watts,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; original yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in fragmentary dustwrapper, the latter wanting upper part of backstrip and all of rear panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS MOTHER, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's fourth book, published shortly after his departure from the RNVR. In these poems, detailing sights and sounds of the English countryside, are clearly visible the affection and nostalgia which later made him famous as the creator of the 'Country Talk' series.

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Book number: 12386

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