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Life In An English Village

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King Penguin K51. Penguin 1st Edition, published 1949.

Edward Bawden's 1949 book Life in an English Village looks back on a Britain which is disappearing after the War. Through his time as an official war artist in the Second World War, Bawden learnt the art of portraiture and recorded as a journalist what he was confronted with. In Life in an English Village he put the same skills to use in peacetime, capturing in pen and ink the tranquillity of people at work in his village.

Introductory Essay: Noel Carrington
Lithographs: Edward Bawden
Contents: 16 lithographs; 6 black-and-white illustrations in text
Cover Design: by Edward Bawden
Pages: 32pp + 16pp.

Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very light tanning to spine. Couple of small foxing spots to top section of front cover. Bright covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.

King Penguin K51. Penguin 1st Edition, published 1949.

Edward Bawden's 1949 book Life in an English Village looks back on a Britain which is disappearing after the War. Through his time as an official war artist in the Second World War, Bawden learnt the art of portraiture and recorded as a journalist what he was confronted with. In Life in an English Village he put the same skills to use in peacetime, capturing in pen and ink the tranquillity of people at work in his village.

Introductory Essay: Noel Carrington
Lithographs: Edward Bawden
Contents: 16 lithographs; 6 black-and-white illustrations in text
Cover Design: by Edward Bawden
Pages: 32pp + 16pp.

Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very light tanning to spine. Couple of small foxing spots to top section of front cover. Bright covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.

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