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NIALL**, IAN: : FRESH WOODS

LONDON.WILLIAM HEINEMANN,1951.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+. Neat, handwritten green inked owner name+date to top ffe but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Slightly grubbed/marked dw/dj background but cleanish,matt,b/w woodcut engravings by Barbara Greg, illustrated front+ rear dw/dj panels,with black+red lettering to front,black lettering to spine; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some minor rubbing to some small nicks and closed tears with miniscule loss to top edges and head+foot of spine/backstrip - which is also slightly darkened - of dw/dj.Top edges slightly and inevitably dust-soiled with slight darkening and sporadic but minimal foxing/ spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner but also with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth bds with blocked gilt letters to front board and the spine/backstrip and clean plain white/cream endpapers with a narrow margin of off-set foxing to the recto+verso of front and rear free endpapers respectively excepted,along with aforementioned owner inscrptn to ffe.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-122pp [paginated] includes 4 full-page (includes frntis) and 32 small b/w woodcut engravings - all by Barbara Greg - interspersed throughout the text and the books; plus [unpaginated] small b/w wood-engraving illustrated half-title page with full-page b/w woodcut illustrated frntis to its verso,title page,a dedication with author's other works (5 titles) listed to its verso. "This memorable book wonderfully captures the mystery of a wood and its teeming population.Miss Barbara Greg's engravings match it perfectly." - Punch. "Nature and nostalgia; as beautifully written,illustrated and produced as this author's 'Poacher's Handbook'." - The Sketch. Barbara Greg (1900-1983.) Born Styal,Cheshire. Studied at the Slade Schoo of Fine Art (1919- 23),the Central School of Art (1921-23) and Westminster School of Art (1926-27).Married Norman Thomas Janes (b.1892-d.1980) in 1925.Some of her earlier designs were for book endpapers printed from wood and lino blocks.From 1926 to 1930,she and her husband produced a number of wood engravings on musical subjects - depictions of scenes from the lives of composers - for pianola rolls decoration,published by Aeolian Company. Except in her early endpaper designs,she used the white line technique of wood engraving, reflecting her admiration for the work of Thomas Bewick.All her book illustrations depict scenes from nature and the countryside.Later in her career,she worked in watercolour and made coloured linocuts.Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Art (1925); elected ARE (1940),FRE (1946),SWE (1952). Notable works of hers include 3 of Ian Niall's works: namely'The Poacher's Handbook' (1950), this title - 'Fresh Woods' (1951) and 'Pastures New' (1952). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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