The Happy Countryman

Geoffrey Bles,, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, title lightly spotted; cloth, a little shaken else a very good, clean copy in unclipped but worn and frayed dustwrapper. A scarce Warren title

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. 2nd Edition. 151 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear… Read more about this item

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946. Gold title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to closed edges, endpapers and the odd mark to some page margins else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket and by C.F. Tunnicliffe is also Very Good wih some light spots of foxing to… Read more about this item

Geoffrey Bles,, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth, uncut, a near fine copy. Apparently a binding variant, with backstrip lettered in gilt (rather than blind), the backstrip title reading 'The Happy Countryman' and with fore-edges uncut. A scarce Warren title

London: Eyre and Spottiswood, 1946. No D/J. The book is in good used condition (ex-libris paste-on + previous owners name to front free end paper) This wonderful little book, is a biographical account of Mark Thurston's life. It is a story about his battle to maintain his rural home in Larkfield against the authorities who were trying to re-condition rural… Read more about this item

Geoffrey Bles, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Heavy rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with pencil inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has… Read more about this item

Geoffrey Bles, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. C.F. Tunnicliffe. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustjacket is clipped.