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. The Cherry Tree (1932) finds Bell back at the helm of the Silver Ley farm whose running he took over in the second panel of the trilogy. The farming business remains in a parlous state ...
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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. The Cherry Tree (1932) finds Bell back at the helm of the Silver Ley farm whose running he took over in the second panel of the trilogy. The farming business remains in a parlous state beset by high costs, and Bell is forced to scale back his ambitions for crop-growing while continuing to breed cattle and horses. But perhaps the greatest upheaval the book describes is the tale of how he 'wearied of solitude and married a wife.'
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Spine and next to it on rear board faded with faded spot on corner of front board. 2 small spots on spine. Light foxing on page edges.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket. 1st illustrated edition, with illustrations by Harry Becker. No inscriptions or annotations; a little light foxing, mainly on end papers & page fore-edge; binding tight; bright green cloth a little darkened on spine, with fading at foot; dust jacket worn at edges & foxed on verso; dust jacket not price-clipped, & protected in removable clear film.
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's light reddish brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 240. Fiction. Neat inscription and date on front endpaper, slight rubbing otherwise VG.
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Fair. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 240. Original publisher's light reddish brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Fiction. Neat name on front endpaper, with some wear and rubbing at spine and lower spine hinge very slightly split but sound, overall a used, very good minus copy with clean text.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
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Becker, Harry. Good in Good jacket. 4to. DJ foxed and chipped. Book cocked, some sunning to spine, closed edges and endpapers foxed, else pp clear and bright.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Jacket a little creased around edges, otherwise tidy. Copy is free of inscription with clean contents. Beautiful illustration in colour and b/w.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean. Green cloth with silver spine lettering. Cover shows normal wear, light sunning to top edge of front/rear covers. Dust jacket shows wear, chip missing from base of spine of DJ. Closed tear to front panel of DJ. Title page date is 1932.
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