Penguin Main Series Number 401. 1st Edition, published 1943.
In this selection of notes, which made up the pre-war and wartime Country Life column in The Spectator, H. E. Bates explores country life at a time when the great momentum of scientific and technological advances brought about increased knowledge and interest in a safer, more accessible countryside, and when agriculture was seen by him to be an arm of defense during the Second World War. This selection gives us a vivid account of the preoccupations of an English country man at a time of great national upheaval.
Condition grading: Good. Darkened edges to top and right of front cover. Some grubbiness to rear cover. Some crearing to spine with minor damage to bottom. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series Number 401. 1st Edition, published 1943.
In this selection of notes, which made up the pre-war and wartime Country Life column in The Spectator, H. E. Bates explores country life at a time when the great momentum of scientific and technological advances brought about increased knowledge and interest in a safer, more accessible countryside, and when agriculture was seen by him to be an arm of defense during the Second World War. This selection gives us a vivid account of the preoccupations of an English country man at a time of great national upheaval.
Condition grading: Good. Darkened edges to top and right of front cover. Some grubbiness to rear cover. Some crearing to spine with minor damage to bottom. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
