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In the Heart of the Country
by H. E. Bates
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Country Life Limited, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 10" by 7.5". C. F. Tunnicliffe. A very smart first edition of this charming work on the countryside by Bates. First edition. Illustrated throughout with fourteen full page images, and many in-text illustrations. Collated complete. Writings on the countryside with references to sudden spring, fruit blossom, Victorian gardens, the parish pump, flowers and downland, and much more. Written by Herbert Ernest Bates, an English writer. Illustrated by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, an English naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife, renowned internationally for his skill. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light chipping to the extremities and minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
Synopsis
In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an English language novel by J. M. Coetzee which delves in the complex relationships that form between the colonizer and the colonized. It takes place on a desolate farm in South Africa told through the perspective of an intelligent yet meek European woman. She clashes with her father when he takes an African mistress, causing a rift that leads towards vengeance, violence and a muddling of her own relationship with the Africans. In the U.S.A.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 854T47
- Title
- In the Heart of the Country
- Author
- H. E. Bates
- Illustrator
- C. F. Tunnicliffe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Life Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Heart Country Bates Tunnicliffe Country
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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