Rural Life from
New Arrivals
Hodge and His Masters
by Richard Jefferies
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- Used - Fair
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1890 Book. Fair. Green Buckram. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on rural life, first published in the Standard and in book form in 1880, by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887). 424pp. Gilt lettering to spine, black drawing to top board and spine. some bumping to spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gleanings after Harvest: or Idylls of the Home - Studies and Sketches
by The Rev. John R. Vernon
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Presumed First Edition.
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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SGD 51.62
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London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Verse and prose concerning rural life. 332pp plus publisher's data to rear. Gilt design and lettering to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Section193-206pp slightly loose, slight bumping to spine and corners and top edges… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 51.62
Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
by George Borrow
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1896
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- Hardcover
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London & New York: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Illus. by E J Sullivan. Very Good. Decorated Green Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Semi-autobiographical story about life on the open road in the 19th century, by the English novelist and travel writer George Borrow (1803-1881). 588pp illustrated with tissue guarded black and white drawing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Shropshire Lad
by A E Housman
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
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SGD 16.35
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London: Guikld Publishing by arrangement with Walker Books, 1991 Book. Illus. by Robin Bell Corfield. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Collection of poems set in an idealized English countryside, first published in 1896. This edition beautifully illustrated in a variety of media to give an authentic Shropshire setting to the poems.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.35
Life in the Hills - A Collection of Photo Essays (SIGNED COPY)
by John & Eliza Forder
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780948511707
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SGD 68.82
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Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Limited, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 9.7" Tall x 12.2" Wide. Companion volume to 'Hill Shepherd', depicting the life of shepherds in the hills of northern England. 156pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Slight bend to lower board, otherwise near fine copy, signed to half-title page by the authors.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hill Shepherd - A Photographic Essay
by John and Eliza Forder
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780948511653
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SGD 34.41
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Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Limited, 1990 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 2nd Edition. 9.7" Tall x 12.2" Wide. Account of the lives of sheep farmers in North West England, portrayed through dialogue with the farmers and a unique collection of 140 photographs. 155pp, brilliantly illustrated throughout in colour. Slight marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.41
Between the Larch-woods and the Weir
by Flora Klickmann
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- Used - Fair
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- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint of New Edition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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SGD 17.21
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London: The Religious Tract Society, 1931 Book. Illus. by C J Vine. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint of New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second volume in the 'Flower-Patch' Series of books about rural life in the Wye Valley by the English journalist and editor Flora Klickmann (1867-1958), first published in 1917. 309pp. Colour illustration to frontis.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17.21
Paradise Lost - Paintings of English Country Life and Landscape 1850-1914
by Christopher Wood
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780712620857
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SGD 25.81
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London: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1988 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Examination of the paradox of the depiction of country life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which tended to portray the vanishing idealistic view rather than the grimmer aspects of rural existence. 223pp with index, illustrated throughout… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.81
William Cobbett's Illustrated Rural Rides 1821-1832
by William Cobbett, Christopher Morris (Introduction and notes)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781856480314
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SGD 11.18
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London: Fraser Stewart Book Wholesale Ltd, 1992 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. Reissue. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Newly revised and edited edition of the famous first-hand account of English rural life in the time of George IV. 224pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.18
A Shepherd's Life
by W H Hudson
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
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London: Book Club Associates by arrangement with Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd, 1981 Book. Very Good. Blue Boards. New Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Record of rural life in Wiltshire, first published in 1910. This new edition published to accompany a BBC TV series includes specially commissioned drawings and period photographs. 223pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17.21
The English Year - A Literary Journey Through the Seasons
by Peter Buckingham (Editor)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2012
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781849532563
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Chichester, Sussex: Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2012 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of verse and prose by English writers in celebration of an English year. 255pp illustrated with black and white drawings to the text. Silver lettering to spine. Minimal marking to top edges, otherwise near fine copy with no… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.18
Round About a Great Estate
by Richard Jefferies
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- New Edition
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- 1903
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- Hardcover
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London: Smith Elder & Co, 1903 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Series of reminiscences based on the author's relationship with the keeper of an English estate by the nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), first published in the Pall Mall Gazette. 204pp. Gilt and black design to top board, gilt lettering to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Open Air
by Richard Jefferies
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- Used - Good
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- Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on rural life by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), first published in 1885, shortly before the onset of his last illness.195pp.Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners and foxing to edges, otherwise good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Life in a Southern County
by Richard Jefferies
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reissue
- Published
- 1889
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- Hardcover
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SGD 51.62
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London: Smith Elder & Co, 1889 Book. Good. Decorated Green Boards. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Descriptions of nature by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), first published in 1879. 316pp. Gilt and black design to top board, gilt lettering to spine and dark green endpapers. Some bumping to spine and corners and slight age-toning to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 51.62
The Hills: More Tales From the Blue Stacks
by Robert Bernen
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780722116364
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SGD 9.46
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London & Sydney: Sphere Books Ltd, 1985 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second collection of stories of rural life by a former teacher of Latin and Greek at Harvard who gave up university life to settle in a remote corner of Ireland. 147pp. Some foxing and marking to top edges, otherwise good… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9.46
A History of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society 1837-1987
by Vance Hall
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780713457834
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London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Dark Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Society. 240pp with index, illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white and 3 maps. Foreword by the Marquis of Normanby. Gilt lettering to spine. Near fine copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.18
My Village My Home
by Jack Wheatcroft
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- Presumed First Edition.
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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SGD 25.81
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Willsersey: Ebrington Women's Institute / Vale Press, 2006 Book. Illus. by W Carruthers. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir of life in a rural village from 1904 to1974, edited by Margaret Fisher and Pearl Mitchell. 137pp with index, illustrated with black and white maps, photographs and drawings and fold-out map… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.81
'Dunn & Dusted' - SIGNED COPY
by Paul Dunn
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780955102202
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Helmsley, York: Paul S Dunn, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir of a North Yorkshire farmer, taken from his diaries; a chronicle of rural life from 1950 - 2000. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight edge and surface… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12.90
Hill Shepherd - A Photographic Essay - SIGNED COPY
by John and Eliza Forder
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780948511653
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SGD 60.22
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Kendal, Cumbria: Frank Peters Publishing Ltd, 1990 Book. Good. Illustrated Boards. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 9.5" Tall x 12.25" Wide. Collection of photographs illustrating the secluded existence of shepherds in the hills of the north west of England, accompanied by informative text and dialogues with the hill farmers. Signed by the authors to the title page. 157pp illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 60.22
The Countryman - A Quarterly Review and Miscellany of Rural Life and Progress
by J W Robertson Scott (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reissue
- Published
- 1927
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- Paperback
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Idbury, Kingham, Oxford: J W Robertson Scott, 1927 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reissue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Souvenir Edition of the Countryman, first published in 1927. This issue possibly an undated facsimile unless extremely well preserved. 76pp illustrated in black and white. . Item Price
SGD 12.90