English Country Traditions - Hardcover

Niall, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879238704 ISBN 13: 9780879238704

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1994

Synopsis

A celebration in text and art of the many facets of English country life, from bee-keeping to cider-making, cattle shows to corn harvests, thatching a roof to planting a cottage garden, elegantly discussed by Ian Niall and exquisitely (and abundantly) illustrated with Christopher Wormell s beautiful and precisely realized wood engravings. We ll be honest; this is an offset edition of the original letterpress version, but it still has the look and feel of real type (Monotype Van Dijck) and it recalls the exquisite engravings of Thomas Bewick.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Niall (1916-2002) was the pen name of John McNeillie, author of over forty books on country matters, including The Poacher's Handbook and The Way of a Countryman. In 1990 he celebrated forty years as a columnist, at one point both for The Spectator and for Country Life where he was known and loved by a wide public for his weekly 'Countryman's Notes'. He was born in Scotland and he spent his formative years on his grandfather's farm in Wigtownshire, recalled in A Galloway Childhood. He and his wife then lived in Wales and, later, the Chilterns. They had three children.

Chris Wormell's other books include: Where I Live and What I Eat, Blue Rabbit and Friends, Blue Rabbit and the Runaway Wheel, and Animal Train.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

About this edition

• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0879238704
• ISBN 13: 9780879238704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Wormell Christopher