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8vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, 7 plates and 24 illustrations in the text; original pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy. C DAY LEWIS'S COPY, PRESENTED TO HIM BY HIS FATHER IN APRIL 1934 AND WITH THE LATTER'S INITIALLED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Second appearance of Sturt's classic account (first published in 1923). Complete with extended glossary.
84 pages, illustrated, includes articles on the Buckinghamshire village Jordans and on haymaking. eng
84 pages, illustrated, includes articles on Somerset country fare, cow psychology and the revival of falconry. eng
8vo., First Edition, top, free endpapers and half-title lightly spotted; brown cloth, backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt and green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, wanting front free endpaper, tiny signature on half-title; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at tail of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by Richard Barton. Scarce, especially in this condition.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Second Impression; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip and chafed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail. Published two months after the first impression. One of the most elusive of all Street's works. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., Sixth Impression; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at edges and with one short closed tear. First published in July 1935. One of the scarcest of Street's early publications. All early issues are very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, title and fore-edge very faintly spotted; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly dust-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. With delightful dustwrapper back and front panel artwork designed and illustrated by Biro. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 14 plates of photographs by Eric Guy, small neat contemporary initials on front free endpaper, fore-edges mottled; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, covers lightly age-marked and faded at edges else a good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and rubbed at edges. Arguably the scarcest of his wartime collections, this important Street title is based on his week-by-week farming diary of the first three years of WWII. Prior to the outbreak of war Street had been primarily a writer and broadcaster; this account of his return to the land gives much fascinating detail on the farming practices of the period. The 'whistle' of the title refers to an air-raid siren. This scarce work is rarely found in really good condition due to stringent wartime production standards. Any dustwrapper is a real bonus. Enser, p.74.
8vo., First Edition, neat numeral written on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip sunned (but all lettering just legible) else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled on( predominantly white) rear panel). SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., First Edition, with 15 charming plates (one double-page) by Edwards, small stain on fore-edge (not affecting text); original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by Charles Stewart. Scarce in the dustwrapper
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities. Dustwrapper designed and illustrated by Biro. Arguably Street's most popular novel and elusive in anything like this condition.
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly soiled on rear panel and with one small loss at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by Eva Najman.
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, endpapers lightly foxed; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by E. Ladell.
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; dark green cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly faded and browned at backstrip. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., First Edition; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper, the latter with two or three neat tape repairs. This elusive volume collects pieces from 'Hedge Trimmings' (1933), 'Country Days' (1933) and 'Thinking Aloud' (1934). Very scarce in the dustwrapper.
Signed, without inscription, by both authors upon half-title page. [xiv], 382 pages. Footnotes. Index. "Offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about a new American era that will begin just after the millennium." - dust jacket. Yellow high-lighting to eight pages. Light overall wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Today, Neil Howe applies the Strauss-Howe generational theory with consulting companies he founded with Strauss, who passed away in 2007. Book
