Published by E.P. Dutton, 1941
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fair. Pitchford, Denys Watkins (illustrator). First Edition. (1st) Slightly smaller book, dark green cloth, slightly faded on spine, front and back edges, gilt lettering and design bright on front, gilt and design just good on spine, very slight damage to inner front hinge, ink name and date (1941) inside first front end paper, 250 lightly browned pages, beautiful illustrations throughout. Fair.
Published by New York: E.P. Dutton, 1941
Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Good +/Good-. First Edition. dust jacket tears, fading, insect damage.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd., London, 1944
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Pitchford, Denys Watkins (illustrator). Larger, thin book, purple cloth, gilt lettering bright on spine, ink name at top inside front cover and on first front end paper too, tiny sticker at bottom inside front cover for Hugh Rees Ltd. in London, 176 lightly browned pages, beautiful illustrations throughout. DJ heavy paper, light green with black and green lettering, praise at bottom front from The Field. DJ has tears and wear to edges, praise on back for Warren books with praise. Poor DJ/Fine book.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1944, 1944
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1944). (1941) 1944 new edition, "reset to Economy Standard". 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp176. B/w illustrations by Denys Watkins Pitchford ("BB"). Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription, slight foxing and use. Good-plus, lacks dust wrapper. "This chronicle of village life was mainly written during the two months of comparative calm which were destined to be the sinister prelude to total war. Moreover, the calm was emphasized, at least in the countryside, by coincidence with one of the bitterest spells of winter within living memory. For a few weeks Larkfield (as I have called the village) experienced something of that self-sufficiency which was the basis of English rural life in the days before Enclosure. And now, as I write this introductory note, every vestige of that calm has been shattered. Larkfield watches the approach of happenings which have no equal in terror or frightfulness. And meanwhile spring unfolds with a completeness only matched by the completeness of the winter that preceded it: the English countryside puts forth her loveliest and best to front the enemy, .Already the Larkfield I have tried to picture in these pages wears the aspect of a dream .but it is a dream that must be kept before our waking eyes when the horrors that sought to blind us are past." C. Henry Warren, from the Foreword. Interesting and readable. .
Published by Country Book Club, 1950
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpapers foxed, with neat name and date on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine with a small area of creasing + foxing at the foldovers. 176 pages, illustrations in the text by BB. Book Club newsletter for March 1950 laid in.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode,, 1944
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. y Denys Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). Third impression. 8vo. 176pp. Bound in blue cloth. With 48 illustrations by Denys Watkins Pitchford. Forward quote- This chronicle of village life was mainly written during two months of clam which were destined to be the sinister prelude to total war. Moreover the calm was empathised, as least in the countryside, by the coincidence with one of the bitterest spells of winter weather within living memory . Printed on war time economy paper, paper being in short supply during the Second World War. The cloth binding has light wear otherwise a very good copy. Size 20 x 15cm (8 x 6 inches).
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pitchford, Denys Watkins (illustrator). Hard covers in tidy condition with a chipped dust jacket, pages a little browned, previous owners name, illustrated by Denys Watkins Pitchford Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1940, 1940
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1940). 1940 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp250,ill. B/w illustrations by Denys Watkins Pitchford ("BB"). Turquoise cloth, spine titled in dark blue. Gift inscription and bookseller's label to front paste-down. Front end-paper excised. Spotting to edges and end-papers. Good-plus. Lacks dust wrapper. "This chronicle of village life was mainly written during the two months of comparative calm which were destined to be the sinister prelude to total war. Moreover, the calm was emphasized, at least in the countryside, by coincidence with one of the bitterest spells of winter within living memory. For a few weeks Larkfield (as I have called the village) experienced something of that self-sufficiency which was the basis of English rural life in the days before Enclosure. And now, as I write this introductory note, every vestige of that calm has been shattered. Larkfield watches the approach of happenings which have no equal in terror or frightfulness. And meanwhile spring unfolds with a completeness only matched by the completeness of the winter that preceded it: the English countryside puts forth her loveliest and best to front the enemy, .Already the Larkfield I have tried to picture in these pages wears the aspect of a dream .but it is a dream that must be kept before our waking eyes when the horrors that sought to blind us are past." C. Henry Warren, from the Foreword. Interesting and readable. .
Published by Ashgrove Press Limited, 1940
ISBN 10: 0906798345 ISBN 13: 9780906798348
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (B.B.) (illustrator). Spine slightly cocked, very little shelf and reading wear otherwise to this fairly scarce book. Thirty Two BB illustrations inside.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1944
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Third Impression. 8vo. With jacket. 176 pp. B/w illustrations. No inscriptions. Jacket price-clipped. VG / GOOD.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (BB) (illustrator). 3rd impression. Reset, 3rd impression, (1st was 1940) very good in dust jacket with some wear, price clipped, This is the thinner war standard production.
Published by E. P. Dutton and Co, New York, 1941
Seller: Books at yeomanthefirst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Denys Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published by E. P. Dutton and Co, New York. 1941. First Edition. First Printing. Cloth covered hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pitchford, Denys Watkins (illustrator). First Edition. Boards clean with minimal bumping. Contents clean, bright and unmarked throughout. Dust Jacket is shelf-worn, price clipped, otherwise wholly intact and in good order.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1947
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). Illustrated by BB, Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Fifth impression 1947. Vg hardback copy in Vg jacket. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1947
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). Illustrated by BB, Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Fifth impression 1947. Vg hardback copy. The jacket has a 2.5 inch largely sealed tear to the back panel, but looks fine due to mylar cover. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition copy of Warren's homage to English villages, illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Denys Watkins-Pitchford. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with an unusually smart original unclipped dust wrapper. In this charming work, C. Henry Warren relates a chronicle of life in his little East Anglian village, begun during the bitter winter of 1939-40. Warren wrote this work to remind the reader that the best of England is a village, and that the loveliest of springtimes can rally the English against the enemy of the Second World War. With beautiful illustrations throughout by Denys James Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990), a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is generally smart, though darkened to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for a little offsetting to the end papers. Dust wrapper is generally smart, though a little age toned, with chipping to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps. Very Good. book.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1940, 1940
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1940). 1940 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp250,ill. B/w illustrations by Denys Watkins Pitchford ("BB"). Turquoise cloth, spine titled in dark blue. Edges spotted. Good-plus in chipped & used dust-wrapper. "This chronicle of village life was mainly written during the two months of comparative calm which were destined to be the sinister prelude to total war. Moreover, the calm was emphasized, at least in the countryside, by coincidence with one of the bitterest spells of winter within living memory. For a few weeks Larkfield (as I have called the village) experienced something of that self-sufficiency which was the basis of English rural life in the days before Enclosure. And now, as I write this introductory note, every vestige of that calm has been shattered. Larkfield watches the approach of happenings which have no equal in terror or frightfulness. And meanwhile spring unfolds with a completeness only matched by the completeness of the winter that preceded it: the English countryside puts forth her loveliest and best to front the enemy, .Already the Larkfield I have tried to picture in these pages wears the aspect of a dream .but it is a dream that must be kept before our waking eyes when the horrors that sought to blind us are past." C. Henry Warren, from the Foreword. Interesting and readable. .
Published by Eyre & Spottiswood, London, 1940
Seller: Carvid Books, Cranbrook, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Denys Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. xiii + 250 pages, a look at and description of his local area by the well-known writer of rural traditions and life, Clarence Henry Warren (1895-1966). He chooses his own village of Larkfield (as he calls it for literary purposes) in East Anglia in the dire winter months soon after the outbreak of the second world war. Superbly illustrated by the also well-known and prolific Denys James Watkins-Pitchford, MBE (surname hyphenated in Wikipedia but not in this book!) (1905-1990), naturalist and illustrator. 32 illustrations in the list thereof, and in addition there are small illustrations at the commencement of each chapter. SIGNED by author, as part of a dedication, on the front free end paper, reading "For Joan P. . . . in gratitude for your many kindnesses to Heinz", dated April 1942. The book is formally marked as "For Heinz". Book itself indicated as in fair condition - bumping at top and bottom of spine; an element of foxing or spotting throughout; spotting marks on all edges of text block; overall though a robust copy. Jacket is poor though presents well - bumping again at top and bottom of spine; marks, foxing and spotting on outer and inner sides; light creasing around edges; but not price-clipped. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1947
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First CHEAP EDITION. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1947. 1st cheap edition. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket is not torn & has minimal wear but has two small holes. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref OF4. England is a Village by C Henry Warren, Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford.