Countryside Character
by Richard Harman (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
£4.75£3.80
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Blandford Press, 1946 Book. Illus. by Peter Scott, Joan Rickarby. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anthology of writing about the countryside from a variety of authors, including Daohne du Maurier, Adrian Bell, Henry Williamson and others. 235pp illustrated with two colour paintings by Peter Scott, black and white drawings to the chapter heads and 32 pages of black and white photographs. Some rubbing to spine and corners, left hinge cracking and sunning to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ frayed to edges, otherwsie good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004616
- Title
- Countryside Character
- Author
- Richard Harman (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Peter Scott, Joan Rickarby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blandford Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rural Life;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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