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, in characteristically unsentimental manner, 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: Fair. Some marks/foxing to front cover. Bottom right corner tip missing from front cover. Some creases and wear to rear cover. Damage to ends of creased spine. 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, in characteristically unsentimental manner, 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: Fair. Some marks/foxing to front cover. Bottom right corner tip missing from front cover. Some creases and wear to rear cover. Damage to ends of creased spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
