A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1830570
Published by Penguin. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Puffin Picture Book no. 37. Colour pictorial paperwraps with white border and red title to front. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 37. Last title of Puffin Picture Books to inside front cover is 39. Famous Ships; 5 Baby Puffin Books also listed. Covers are foxed, browned and worn at corners, small closed tear (no loss) to top front edge. '195' stamped to lower rear edge. A few foxspots and marks to contents. Corners creased.

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GREEN TIDE
Written by Richard Church. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330429
Published by Country Life. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A series of essays on the theme of country life in wartime, life in the Weald of Kent. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light damp stains to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is chipped with loss to spine and slightly grubby.

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WALKING WITH FANCY
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330428
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Sketches of country life. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to textblock but does affect some page margins.

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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1330227
Published by George Newnes Limited. 3rd 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third (Crown Octavo) Edition. Pale blue cloth, dark titles. Endpapers are A Plan of MoorEnd Farm drawn by Richard Herrick. B/w illustrations. Jane spends a whole year in the country on a farm. Month by month as the seasons unfold, Jane discovers the fascination of country lore, the ways of animals and birds, the beauty of trees and wild flowers, and the satisfying rhythm of seed-time and harvest. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Endpapers partly and lightly browned. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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PLOWMEN'S CLOCKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330131
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, red title to spine. Superb illustrations. 132 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Water stain to lower corner of front cover. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above. Wrapper spine is a bit browned, minimal chipping at top and tail of spine.

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CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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FIELD AND HEDGEROW
Written by Richard Jefferies; Samuel J. Looker. Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker.
Stock no. 1830135
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st thus 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies With an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. Top edge green. 388 pages. Spine has a slight lean. A few marks to boards. Bookplate to front endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a large closed tear to lower half of front panel repaired to verso with selotape and a smaller closed tear to top of front panel (no loss), has some foxing and is a little grubby.

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WILD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY
Written by Richard Jefferies; Samuel J. Looker. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1830134
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Animals and flowers, clouds, wagons and country crafts - these were the natural material around which Jefferies spun his web of lovely prose; and Marlborough Forest, Burderop, Aldbourne, Surbiton, and above all, Coate and Coate Farmhouse, the settings which he has chosen here. With an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. Top edge green. 384 pages. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Bookplate to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at edges, lightly faded to spine, and a little grubby.

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LAND HEALER: HOW FARMING CAN SAVE BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Jake Fiennes; Tim Ecott.
Stock no. 1829406
Published by Witness Books. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Our relationship with the land is broken: we must heal it. Jack Fiennes in on a mission to restore the health of the English countryside. Practical solutions to how we work with the land to produce food without destroying nature. Blue boards, blind title to spine. Colour photos. 261 pages. ISBN: 9781785947308. Vertical crease to spine created through reading use. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby.

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VILLAGE PEOPLE
Written by Paula Yates. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1829382
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A typical year in the country, season by season - from rearing sheep to joining the Women's Institute, from entertaining house guests to a burgeoning relationship with the local vicar. A refreshingly witty view of the eccentrics and eccentricities of English country life. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 230 pages. ISBN: 0316905895. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Couple of minor marks to front board. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and is creased.

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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329038
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Endpapers partly browned. Top edge of textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby.

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