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1942. Second Impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened.

Fourth impression.

1943. Third Impression. 251 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

First edition in this form. The true first was published in 1941

1943. 3rd Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to front hinges causing front board to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Light wear marks overall.

1947. Fourth Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.

3rd impression. Light wear to boards. Content is aged toned. Previous owner name to ffep. DJ with some edge wear, tears, toning and minor loss.

1942. 2nd impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with white lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

3rd Imp of 1st edition, 286pp, illustrated, bound in original red cloth covers, no d/w; Large Octavo

2nd Imp of 1st edition, 286pp, illustrated, bound in sl marked original brown cloth rubbed and marked ; Large Octavo

Second impression. Bumping. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, tears, fading and minr loss.

Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with white titles, spine sunned, cloth bumped at corners, no inscriptions. 288 pages, illustrations in the text by the author

286pp. b/w illus. Illustrated end papers. Foxing to top text block o/w as new. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.

This book does NOT include a jacket. The woodcut from the jacket has been glued down to the paste-down. A picture of a butterfly is glued to the fly-leaf. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Reprint, 1943. War economy standard. Slight discolouration to cloth at bottom edge of spine & boards; dust jacket worn & chipped, with red stain & browned spine. Owner's name on front free end paper. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacke

4th impression, light rubbing to spine edges, portions of fading to boards & spine & light age spotting internally otherwise a good tight copy.

Lovely copy of this title. Book is mint with no marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket is price clipped otherwise is mint and now in a clear removable protective sleeve.

3rd printing 1943. Vg hardback copy, no jacket. Red hardcovers. Illustrated by 'B.B.'. 'This Book Belongs To,' plate on front endpaper, covered by an affixed square of white-paper.

Some rubbing and small tears to edges of wrapper, some soiling to rear and a disclouored strip to upper rear edge where it has been reinforced with sellotape, which has now been removed.spine is slightly darkened. Wrapper now in clear removable protective sleeve. No inscriptions, price clipped, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with very little reading wear. Some slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book which will require additional postage outside the UK.

1st edition, published in 1941. No dust jacket present. Hardback book in good condition, covers are a bit grubby and showing signs of wear and tear and corners are bumped. No inscriptions, stamps or pen markings inside. Pages are lightly tanned with age. Pages remain firmly bound.

1943 reprint, 8vo., 252pp., full page & other illustrations by D J Watkins-Pitchford, small address label on front endpaper, slight tear on top edge of half-title, foxing on top & fore-edge, good, unclipped dust jacket, chipped at head & tail of spine, foxed.

1942 Eyre & Spottiswoode second impression hardback; good copy, just name on fep, lightly aged, faded spine, no dj; UK bookseller, immediate dispatch

2006 edition. Fine hardback copy in Fine price-clipped jacket. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.

2007 RPT FINE GREEN BOARDS GILT TILES NO D/W

Reprint. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. Illustrated by the author, Denys Watkins-Pitchford. 286pp. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.

1941. First Edition. 286 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over orange and beige pictorial cloth. Illustrated by Denys J. Watkins-Pitchford. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

British (new) edition, second printing, 2007 (first printing of this edition was 2006). Book was originally published in 1941. With original clipped jacket. Profusely illustrated by the author. jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark and minor pushing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine with very minor pushing to corners, the odd rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Odd small mark to page edges and tops. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); This book does NOT include a jacket. The woodcut from the jacket has been glued down to the paste-down. A picture of a butterfly is glued to the fly-leaf. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Cloth is a little worn and spine is slightly cocked. Slightly foxed. Dj has a few small tears and is discoloured.

Green cloth. 251pp., b/w illus. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner's name to ffep, margins toned o/w good condition. Dustwrapper slightly grubby, chipped and edge-worn.

The Countrymans Bedside Book by BB, Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, 2006, Published by Merlin Unwin Books, Printed in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Hardback, is in good condition, Dust jacket, is in good condition, All pages appear present, Pages are in good condition,

(Hardcover, 1941). (1941) 1947 reprint. 8vo (140 x 221mm). Pp252. Illustrated with full-page b&w woodcuts & vignettes by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Some browning & wear. Good only, without dust-wrapper. This is an engaging collection of essays on life in the countryside which was written in the 1930s and published in 1941 when that world had come to a close. "BB captures here in words and sensitive wood engravings the wonders of English wildlife and countryside." "BB describes himself as a hunter-naturalist-artist and in this rare and valuable combination we may well find the explanation of the minute observation displayed. the quiet simplicity of the wood engravings is peculiarly suited to the author's style." (The Times). .

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1947. Fourth impression. Originally printed 1941. Book condition: good. A little shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Text block edges a little dust soiled and slight bumping to corners. Some light toning/spotting mainly around the page edges. Dust jacket: fair. Unclipped. Generally rubbed and lightly soiled. Slight loss to head and tail of spine, corners chipped. Closed tear to lower corner of front. Spine discoloured and some spotting. A delightful book and wonderfully illustrated by the author.

Unread book in perfect condition.

A reissue of BB's classic memoir. 286 pages. Fine.

First edition. Photograph available on request.

Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); This book does NOT include a jacket. The woodcut from the jacket has been glued down to the paste-down. A picture of a butterfly is glued to the fly-leaf. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacke. Illus by D Watkins-Pitchford. War economy standard. Slight discolouration to cloth at bottom edge of spine & boards; dust jacket worn & chipped, with red stain & browned spine. Owner's name on front free end paper.

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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacke. Illus by D Watkins-Pitchford. War economy standard. Slight discolouration to cloth at bottom edge of spine & boards; dust jacket worn & chipped, with red stain & browned spine. Owner's name on front free end paper.

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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.