Through the Woods: The English Woodland - April to April,

Victor Gollancz, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 9x7x0. In Very good+ condition; Some short tears to dustjacket, with some chipping and edgewear. With 73 illustrations reproduced from wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. H. E. Bates carried a woodland in his imagination. He fell under its spell as a boy growing up in the Midlands, becoming increasingly enchanted each time he stepped below the wooded canopy. Memory magnified its mystery over the years, enriching his stories as he grew successful as a writer. Set in Kent, Bates returns to those trees of his youth to breathe life into the changing character of a single woodland year, revealing how precious they are to the English countryside. Chapters include The Wood in April; The Other Wood; Trees in Flower; Flowers and Foxes; Oaks and Nightingales; The Villain; Woods and Hills; The Height of Summer; Woods and the Sea; Poachers and Mushrooms; The Heart of Autumn; Winter Gale and Winter Spring; Snows of Spring; Primroses and Catkins; The Darling Buds of March; The Circle is Turned. Of these, the following were published (in part or in full) prior to being included in the collection:"Oaks and Nightingales" (with title "Oak and Nightingales"),"Woods and the Sea" (with title "Full Summer"),"Snows of Spring,"Flowers and Foxes (with the title "May in the Woods"),"The Height of Summer" contains within it the essay "A Country Pub.