33.  Clarke, W.G.: Norfolk & Suffolk

 London: A. & C. Black, 1921. First edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Condition - Very Good. No Jacket. Contains 40 watercolour illustrations by Heaton Cooper. 

£35.00

 

39. Maitland, Frederick William : Township and Borough

 

319.  Speakman, Fred J. & Curtis, Alfred T.: A Poacher's Tale

London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1960. The life story of an Essex poacher. First edition. Inked signature and date on frontispiece, otherwise condition very good. Dustjacket - good. 

£10.00
 
320.  Bell, Adrian: A Street in Suffolk

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. A collection of short essays - as English as the hedges bordering the farmer's fields. Drawings by Richard Shirley Smith. First edition. Book and dustjacket both in very good condition. 

£12.50
 
321.  Bell, Adrian: The Cherry Tree

London: Country Book Club, 1951. Deluxe illustrated edition of one of the volumes of Bell's Suffolk Trilogy - Corduroy, The Cherry Tree, and Silver Ley. 25 illustrations by Harry Becker. Condition good. Dustjacket fair. 

£15.00
 
322.  Bates, H.E.: Down The River

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. New edition of 1937 publication. H.E. Bates paints a rare picture of rural England in all her moods and seasons - the wildlife, the trees, the flowers, the people along the Ouse and the Nene. Lavishly illustrated in colour by Peter Partington. Condition - excellent. Dustjacket - very good. 

£10.00
 
323.  Porteous, Crichton: Farmer's Creed

London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd,1938. An account of two years working as a farm labourer in the early twentieth century. Inked signature on frontispiece, handcut pages. Condition good, no dustjacket. 

£6.50
 
324.  Carson, Rachel: Silent Spring

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. A courageous revelation of the forces that modern man has brought into being in his ruthless war on life, an eloquent protest on behalf of the unity of all nature, a protest on behalf of life. Book based on data collected 1958-1962 re. dangerous effects of deadly poisons, especially in the form of synthetic insecticides, on the living community. First edition. Condition - good. Dustjacket good, but faded. 

£15.00
 
326.  Allingham, Helen and Dick, Stewart: The Cottage Homes of England

London: Bracken Books, 1984. First published in 1909. 64 full colour illustrations by Helen Allingham (1848-1926), a contemporary of Kate Greenaway. Perceptive description of this vanishing rural idyll by Stewart Dick. Condition - very good but with inked inscription on frontispiece. Dustjacket  excellent, apart from fading on spine.

£5.00

 

21. Nair, Gwyneth : Highley, The Development of a Community 1550-1880.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1988. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Condition - As New. Jacket - As New.

£12.50

36. Waud, Lance M : A History of the Derbyshire Agricultural and Horticultural Society 1860-1978.
Derby: Derbyshire Agricultural & Horticultural Society, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Condition - Very Good. Jacket - Very Good. Numbered copy 25/890

£12.50

151. Quick, Graeme & Buchele, Wesley : The Grain Harvesters
Michigan: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1978. History of Harvesting throughout the world. Extremely well illustrated

£20.00

190. Wiliam, Eurwyn : Traditional Farm Buildings in North-East Wales 1550-1900
Cardiff: National Museum of Wales (Welsh Folk Museum), 1982. Jacket. Contains 45 figures, 35 plates, 61 tables relating to the development of vernacular farmsteads.

£27.50

202. Arnold, James: Farm Waggons and Carts
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1978. A study of two and four wheeled waggons and carts. Lavishly illustrated by author showing full working details. Second impression. Dust Jacket.

£8.95