Adrian Bell (1901-1980) was born in Lancashire and grew up in London but wished for a life in the open air. In 1920 he apprenticed himself to a West Suffolk farmer, an experience that would inspire him to farm on his own. His celebrated trilogy Corduroy (1930), Silver Ley (1931) and The Cherry Tree (1932) grew out of that same raw material. Silver Ley takes up at the conclusion of Bell's apprenticeship, whereupon he persuaded his parents to acquire a nearby farm of 50 acres where he could into practice what he had learned ...
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Adrian Bell (1901-1980) was born in Lancashire and grew up in London but wished for a life in the open air. In 1920 he apprenticed himself to a West Suffolk farmer, an experience that would inspire him to farm on his own. His celebrated trilogy Corduroy (1930), Silver Ley (1931) and The Cherry Tree (1932) grew out of that same raw material. Silver Ley takes up at the conclusion of Bell's apprenticeship, whereupon he persuaded his parents to acquire a nearby farm of 50 acres where he could into practice what he had learned of farming. However Bell was living through straitened post-war times that presented a challenge to even the most seasoned agricultural hands, and he had to endure seven lean years, though his commitment to the task he set himself never dimmed.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Book club edition. With illustrations by Harry Becker. Pages clean; binding tight; spine slightly bumped at head & foot.
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Becker, Harry. Very good in very good dust jacket. Includes illustrations. Country Book Club (UK) ed, printed by John Lane The Bodley Head. In green boards protected in mylar. A little edgewear & rubbing on dj, bottom of front flap clipped, gift inscription on ffep, foxing, beginning of separation between pgs 120-121, else text clean, binding tight.
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Used-Acceptable. Good hardback in Poor dust jacket. Same format as trade edition, with illustrations by Harry Becker. Inscription blanked out with tippex on front free end paper; binding tight; gilt title on spine very worn; dust jacket worn, with loss at head of spine; dj protected in removable clear film.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. Uniform edition. Owner's name on front free end paper; a few spots of foxing on page fore-edge; binding tight; dust jacket foxed, & a little worn at edges with short tear.
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Becker, Harry. Good in Good jacket. 4to. 1" tear to head of DJ spine, DJ also foxed and chipped. Book cocked, some sunning to spine, closed edges and endpapers foxed, else pp clear and bright.
