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KITCHEN, FRED: : LIFE on the LAND

LONDON.J.M. DENT & SONS LTD.,1941.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,minus dw/dj.Bright,clean, publisher's original,plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and decoration to spine/backstrip and slightly sporadically spotted/foxed endpapers and negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top edge coloured brown,fore-edges slightly aged/darkened - as usual/normal - and lightly spotted/ foxed; contents bright,tight and clean.UK, 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,1-276pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters (Jan through to Dec),19 assorted full+part-page b/w woodcut illustrations throughout the text and the book,6 b/w chapter headpieces, 2 b/w chapter tail-pieces,plus [unpaginated] b/w woodcut vignetted half-title page,b/w woodcut illustrated title page (29 woodcut illus in total),all by Frank Ormrod.Overall,a solid,sound,clean copy,charmingly illustrated with woodcuts. A dialectical,romanticised autobiography/ story of English farm life,in the early 20thC,told through the months of the year. A country community; shepherd, ploughman, hedger, ditcher and poacher, the 'boss' and the parson,the pub-keeper and the labourer included in the account. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
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