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O More Than Happy Countryman. BATES (H.E.).

£750.00

Illustrated with wood engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe.

First edition. 4to. [246 x 184 x 13 mm]. 104 pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full teal morocco, the covers with a single line gilt fillet border, blocked in gilt on the front cover with a vignette of a church yard scene. The spine divided into six panels by raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, the turn-ins tooled in gilt with a single line fillet border, decorative endleaves, top edge gilt.
London: Country Life Limited. 1943

A charming illustrated work by H.E. Bates in which he addresses the various issues related to 'rural regeneration', including education, labour and wages, and the increasing interest of town-dwellers in country life. Bates has been described as having an "immense zeal for country life, which he considers the finest existence in the world" (Harold Hobson, Sunday Times, 1943).

Stock no. 4289

Illustrated with wood engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe.

First edition. 4to. [246 x 184 x 13 mm]. 104 pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full teal morocco, the covers with a single line gilt fillet border, blocked in gilt on the front cover with a vignette of a church yard scene. The spine divided into six panels by raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, the turn-ins tooled in gilt with a single line fillet border, decorative endleaves, top edge gilt.
London: Country Life Limited. 1943

A charming illustrated work by H.E. Bates in which he addresses the various issues related to 'rural regeneration', including education, labour and wages, and the increasing interest of town-dwellers in country life. Bates has been described as having an "immense zeal for country life, which he considers the finest existence in the world" (Harold Hobson, Sunday Times, 1943).

Stock no. 4289