Buy this book on-line CLARE LEIGHTON : Country Matters. With wood-engravings by the authorVictor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1937
First Edition (first printing). 4to. xi, 160pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With a title page decoration, five full-page engraved plates and sixty-eight chapter header and footer decorations, and images in the text. Top edge lightly dust soiled. Several tiny areas of tape residue marking to the free endpapers. A little spotting to three or four preliminary leaves, and the binding just a fraction tender at a single gathering, yet still perfectly sound. Very good indeed in the correct first issue dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel, lightly spotted and soiled, with a small area of surface abrasion, a single small area of internal repair, and several tiny fractions of triangular loss from the head of the spine panel. A delightfully illustrated description of English country life, with chapters on the flower show, the cricket match, the pub, harvest festival, felling trees, etc.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of CLARE LEIGHTON : Country Matters. With wood-engravings by the author. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, incunabula, livres rares, first editions and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |