The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry

Clare Leighton

Verlag: Collins, London, 1934

Beschreibung

A signed copy of Clare Leighton's best known work, with twelve full page illustrations. A lovely signed copy of Clare Leighton's best known and first work, The Farmer's Year. With twelve full page illustrations by Leighton, collated and complete. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. In this attractive volume, Leighton complements each engraving with a description of contemporary English agricultural life. The pencil inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper reads, 'To Barbara From Daddy. February 28, 1955'. Beneath it to the left, Clare Leighton has inscribed in ink, 'And to Barbara, on first meeting her, this book from so long ago: in friendship from Clare Leighton'. Found in the price-clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original green cloth binding, in the price clipped dust wrapper. Externally rather smart. Very lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, with some discolouration of the the cloth towards the top and bottom edges of the boards. Lightly bumped to the head of the spine, more so to the tail which has lost a little cloth. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 854N37

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English ...

Verlag: Collins, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1934

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Clare Leighton

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed

Signiert: signed by author

Art des Buches: book