The Labouring Life
Henry Williamson
Sold by Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since September 22, 2008
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since September 22, 2008
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketBrown cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt ornament. Quarter leatherbound in cream vellum. Boards show some smudges, edgewear. Corners are a little bumped. See photos. Spine has gilt text and is a little darkened with bumped ends. Binding is strong. Illustrated end papers/ pastedowns are a little toned. Frontispiece is a photo illustration of the author. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, gilt along head.** PS2025.0611** 491 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches** A Very Good copy of the deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 122 hand-numbered copies signed by the author; this is copy #64. Vellum-backed cloth, lettered in gold at the spine and with Williamson's owl logo gold-stamped to the upper board. With a tissue-protected frontispiece, and two-colour map-illustrated endpapers, designed by the author. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. The vellum a little darkened as is often the case. Very good indeed albeit lacking the unprinted glassine protector.** Henry Williamson (1895-1977) was an English writer whose books focused on English social history, wildlife, the First World War, and rural life. The Labouring Life and its predecessor The Village Book sought to capture the spirit of Ham village in the years following the First World War.** Inscribed in pencil on the limitation page John McClellan 1977.** Deluxe issue of the First Edition. Edition limited to 122 copies, signed by the author. This is copy #64.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010246"**.
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