English Country Life
RAYMOND, Walter. Illustrated by BALL, R.E. Wilfrid
From Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 12 July 2019
From Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 12 July 2019
About this Item
1910 (1910(Sept)). Description: Full maroon suede binding with gold titles to spine. Blind stamped title and gold rose emblem to cover. Gold to all edges of text block. Pink silk page marker. Tipped in colour frontispiece and 15 other colour illustrations. Wilfrid Ball (illustrator) from water colour drawings. Language: English. Book Condition> Poor: Creases to oversized leather wrapper with rubbing to front and rear. Intact endpapers with loose frontis to contents pages - see photo. Pages clean and unmarked. DJ Condition> Na. 443pp. Size: 12mo (large), 19cm by 13cm. Book Resume: The English Country Life 1910 Another set of connected rural essays this time based around a year's stay in ÔSutton' ÔOne of a number of that name so there is no chance of identifying which one' Some really supurb writing in this book mixed with characters and humour Mrs Darke's Dairy is an excellent account of the progression of the tradition of Farmhouse cheese making written as a stream of gossip monologue He uses this device again for his landlady and it is a very effective way of getting character across There is a running storyline about the old cripple Jakey Barton and the attempts of yeoman farmer William Purchase to evict him from his cottage which, on its own, could have formed the base for a novel It is a book which celebrates rural custom and sadly observes its passing The chapter on the harvest is another good example. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required. Seller Inventory # 4727
Bibliographic Details
Title: English Country Life
Publisher: London: T.N. Foulis, 1910, London
Publication Date: 1910
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: BALL R.E. Wilfrid
Condition: Poor
Dust Jacket Condition: Na
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