Category: Country Life

Agricultural Concerns of the Monte dei Paschi of Siena

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Monte dei Paschi of Siena

Seller ID: 018148

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Well illustrated, including three folding plates, tall quarto, not paginated (c.100 pages), very slightly age-toned internally, brown boards, embossed title on upper cover, slightly worn, the lower cover a little faded, a slight tear to the head of the front joint, otherwise a good copy. SCARCE.
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The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Your 4x4 Vehicle

Price: £3.50

Publisher: Land Rover : 2001

Seller ID: 014524

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Second edition. Illustrated, 12mo, pp 126, paperback, a very good copy, as new.
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Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

By: Aalen, F.H.A. & Kevin Whelan & Matthew Stout (editors

Price: £18.50

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press : 1997

Seller ID: 019655

ISBN-13: 9780802042941

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (12), 352, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and slightly wrinkled round the edges. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]
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The Atlas of Quails

By: Alderton, David

Price: £12.50

Publisher: T.F.H. Publications : 1992

Seller ID: 018016

ISBN-13: 9780866221450

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Well illustrated with colour plates by Anne Hopkinson, and colour photographs of mainyenance and care, very large quarto, pp 144, very clean internally, pictorial boards, a little worn and marked, with some wear to the top left corner of the upper cover near the spine and the bottom left corner very slightly bruised. [A large and heavy book - extra postage will apply.]
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HomeMade Wines, Syrups and Cordials

By: Beech, F.W, (editor),(foreword by Sir Stephen Tallents)

Price: £6.00

Publisher: London, National Federation of Women's Institutes : 1957

Seller ID: 018868

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Revised edition, decorated with small line drawings, octavo, pp x, 126, slightly used internally, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and rubbed. [Postage will be rduced]
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Image for Cornwall Illustrated in a series of Views of Castles, Seats of Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities etc

Cornwall Illustrated in a series of Views of Castles, Seats of Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities etc

By: Betjeman, John

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber Limited

Seller ID: 018224

Binding: Ringbound cloth

Condition: Fair

Second edition revised [not dated - 1939 ?]. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 63, ringbound, a light stain to the bottom inner gutter corner margins of the pages, becoming slightly detached at the top of the ring binding (see illustration) but still sound, the metal ring rusty, slightly used internally, cloth a bit worn, stained along the lower edge, rather warped, the dustwrapper not price-clipped but very worn frayed and stretched. Signature of M.C. Gillett on the first blank. [ The second edition of the first ever Shell Guide.]
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Baskets in Europe

By: Bichard, Maurice

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Abingdon, Fyfield Wick Editions : 2008

Seller ID: 004695

ISBN-13: 9780956024909

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Very well illustrated in colour throughout, quarto, pp viii, 272, paperback, a very good new copy. [A highly researched and well documented work.] New copy.
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Folklore Guide to the Weather

By: Bowen, David

Price: £4.50

Publisher: Westward Ho !, The Western Press : 1953

Seller ID: 016598

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Small slender 12mo, pp 32, slight silverfish damage to the last page, otherwise clean and sound internallly, paperback, slighly worn and faded, a little stained. The scarce first edition. [Postage will be reduced]
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Victorian and Edwardian Somerset from Old Photographs

By: Bromwich, David & Dunning, Robert

Price: £4.50

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford : 1977

Seller ID: 018018

ISBN-13: 9780713404050

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Well illustratedm very clean internally, large octavo, c. 100 pages, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has only very slight signs of use.
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The Book of the Landed Estate, containing directions for the management and development of the resources of landed property

By: Brown, Robert E.

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons : 1869

Seller ID: 018184

Binding: Quarter leather

Condition: Good

Illustrated with four plates and several engravings in the text, large thick octavo, pp xiv, 505, publisher's quarter leather and cloth, rebacked many years ago, the original gilt decorated spine laid down (lacking a few pieces), endpapers retained and inner hinges strengthened, the boards slightly marked and worn; with the armorial Rolfsay bookplate of F. Burroughs, Rousay, Orkney, and his signature 1871, neat underlining throughout and interesting manuscript notes, with five Victorian newspaper articles pasted on rear endpapers.
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Image for Sir Thomas Browne's Norfolk: Extracts from the Writings of Sir Thomas Browne relating to the Natural History and Archaeology of Norfolk in the Seventeenth Century

Sir Thomas Browne's Norfolk: Extracts from the Writings of Sir Thomas Browne relating to the Natural History and Archaeology of Norfolk in the Seventeenth Century

By: Browne, Sir Thomas

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Dereham, The Larks Press : 1989

Seller ID: 017940

ISBN-13: 9780948400100

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slim 12mo, pp 34, (i), upper corner slightly bumped throughout, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers with very slight signs of use. [Limited edition of 400 copies]. Postage will be reduced.
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Pigs I Have Known

By: Carnegie, Sacha

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, The Country Book Club : 1960

Seller ID: 017382

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated wih line drawings by Anne Gordon, small octavo, pp 254, fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise clean internally, green cloth, a little worn, marked and faded. SCARCE.
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A Fisherman's Angles

By: Chalmers, Patrick R.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Country Life : 1932

Seller ID: 016440

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

Illustrated from drypoints by Norman Wilkinson, quarto, pp (4), 91, some occasional thumbing and soiling, the last few pages bruised and slightly damaged at the fore-edge, a few corners lightly turned, green cloth, corners bumped, rather rubbed and marked, the spine very dull and lettering almos obscured. A good working copy.
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Green Wood: A Gloucestershire Childhood

By: Clark, Leonard

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Max Parrish : 1962

Seller ID: 018769

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with small line drawings, small octavo, pp 139, a small mark to pages 68/69, a neat signature on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, pale blue cloth with slight age-toning at the base of the spine otherwise in good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it has two small closed-tears otherwise good.
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Domesticated Animals From Early Times

By: Clutton-Brock, Juliet

Price: £9.00

Publisher: London, Heinemann & British Museum (Natural History) : 1981

Seller ID: 018098

ISBN-13: 9780434139507

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp 208, very clean internally, brown cloth, several dimples impressed on the rear cover, otherwise in excellent condition, a very good copy in a dustwrapper with only very slight signs of use and with similar dimples. [Examines archaeological, historical, and zoological discoveries to trace the history of animal domestication, and describes the effect of that process on animal breeds and behavior.]
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Horsepower (Dartington Rural Archive)

By: Dartington Rural Archive

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Barnstaple, Spindlewood : 1985

Seller ID: 013322

ISBN-13: 9780907349211

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 80, a very good copy.
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The Adventures of Johnny Walker, Tramp

By: Davies, W.H.

Price: £6.75

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape : 1926

Seller ID: 017622

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Small octavo, pp 256, slightly age-toned internally but otherwise good, blue cloth, spine a little faded and slightly worn, a slight tear at the spine head, the binding leaning slighty.
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A Treatise of Agriculture - A New Edition

By: Dickson, Adam

Price: £500.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, A. Kincaid & J. Bell; T. Longman & T. Caddel : 1770

Seller ID: 018436

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Two volumes; with two engraved plates (slightly marked at the margins), small thick octavo, pp lxvi, 487; (8), 564, edpapers age-toned at the margins, the first volume suffers from some marginal worm holes early on, but between pages 365 & 386 the little beast has eaten the upper margin so much that several pieces are nearly detached (see illustration), otherwise the volumes are both clean and tight internally with just a few turned corners; contemporary roan, marked and scuffed, joints a little worn, the upper joint cracked slightly in each volume, leather labels in black and red on the spine...
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The Charm of the English Village

By: Ditchfield, P.H.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford : 1908

Seller ID: 019422

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many line drawings by Sydney R. Jones. large octavo, pp (2), 167, + 4 page publisher's catalogue, a neat signature on the front endpaper, the title page and frontispiece a little foxed, otherwise clean internally, decorated green cloth, slightly rubbed, the spine pulled at the head and a little faded, the joints slightly wrinkled.
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Hedgerows and Verges

By: DOWDESWELL, W.H.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Allen & Unwin : 1987

Seller ID: 006406

ISBN-13: 9780045740406

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small octavo, pp xiv, 190, very slightly age-toned, paperback, very slight signs of use, otherwise a very good copy.
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Category: Country Life

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