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MOUNTFORD, FRANCES: : HEARTBREAK FARM: A FARMER AND HIS FARM IN WARTIME

UK.STROUD,GLOS,SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,1997.

ISBN 0750913908.

UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.No owner inscrptn,no publisher price,so no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by author,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's sharp-cornered, bright,clean,original plain scarlet cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale cream endpapers. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,v-viiipp+1-144pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,Aacknowledgements,b/w map,12 chapters with author's profuse b/w+colour illustrations throughout the text and the book and colour illustrated chapter head-pieces,a Bibliography; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated vignetted half-title page,and b/w illustrated vignetted title page. 'Ray' Raybould was born at Egg Hill Farm thirteen days before the turn of the century and grew up on a hundred-acre farm,from which on a clear day seven counties could be seen. Ray,the boy,worked with horses for his father and also helped out on his uncle's farm.As a young man,he continued to work for his father but after he married he left to start up on his own farm in Staffordshire.Soon his crops were flourishing and he had built up a small milk round.At the beginning of 1939 he moved again - to Camp Farm,near Lichfield.For a while all went well,but then war was declared. Farmers had to 'Dig for Victory' and it soon became clear to the Rayboulds and to farming families across the country that demands made by the Ministry of Agriculture were sometimes unrealistic and unreasonable. The unpopular 'War Ag.' Committee men had absolute power to evict farmers,who had no right of appeal.For the Rayboulds it was to be a time of heartbreak. . . . . . In this new book (then 1997),from the author of 'A Commoner's Cottage',Frances Mountford recreates in words,pen-and-ink line drawings and detailed colour paintings,the changing life of a farmer in the first half of this century - horse-ploughing,haymaking,riding to hounds,the Shire horses that were indispensable for carrying out the work,visits from itinerant labourers,and the hardships and pleasures of rural life - and then describes how a life that they had envisaged going on for ever came abruptly to an end. Fifty years on,the pain and injustice of the war years is still keenly felt,and the book describes how the farmers tried to fight back. Evocative and vivid,'Heartbreak Farm' describes a time now all but forgotten,but it's story is one that touched thousands.Fully illustrated with paintings and line drawings which depict agricultural and country life during the first half of the 20thC,this book will be welcomed by anyone with a genuine interest in the history of farming and the countryside. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada buyers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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