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PORTER,VALERIE: : YESTERDAY'S FARM: Life on the Farm 1830-1960

UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,2006.

ISBN 9780715321843.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped and intact - price (£20.00) to rear panel of dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour and b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with red,and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A single,tiny snick to each of head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and would appear as unread? Dw/dj design repeated to bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glazed bds and immaculate plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-254pp [paginated] includes intro,12 chapters,profuse, contemporary sepia photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements and picture credits,biblio and an index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title page, double-page contemporary sepia photographic illustrated title-page and contemporary,sepia photographic part-llustrated contents list/table. When did you last see the countryside alive with people working together,talking,joking,or sharing a lunch break in the fields during work that progressed at a human pace? When did you last meet a tired,steaming team of plough horses ambling homewards,or even a herd of dairy cows meandering along the lane between meadow and milking parlour,or a sea of sheep bleating down the road in response to a couple of silent,eye-bright, chivvying collies? Some of these would have been common sights within living memory. But now the teams and herds and flocks have been ousted from the lanes by motor traffic.And the fields are worked by a massive machine with a lone driver, insulated in his cab from the soil he tills,the dust and aroma of the crop he harvests and the joy of the birdsong that surrounds him. Farming has always been a process of change but,during the 20th century,the pace of that change accelerated way beyond the imagination of earlier generations. What happened and what was yesterday's farm really like? Was it a better place than it is today? Or has nostalgia blurred reality? Find out in this spellbinding journey back to the farmsteads and fields of the last century. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight [just in excess of 1Kg unpackaged] of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

PORTER,VALERIE: : YESTERDAY'S FARM: Life on the Farm 1830-1960

UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,2006.

ISBN 9780715321843.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped and intact - price (£20.00) to rear panel of dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour and b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with red,and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A single,tiny snick to each of head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and would appear as unread? Dw/dj design repeated to bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glazed bds and immaculate plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-254pp [paginated] includes intro,12 chapters,profuse, contemporary sepia photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements and picture credits,biblio and an index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title page, double-page contemporary sepia photographic illustrated title-page and contemporary,sepia photographic part-llustrated contents list/table. When did you last see the countryside alive with people working together,talking,joking,or sharing a lunch break in the fields during work that progressed at a human pace? When did you last meet a tired,steaming team of plough horses ambling homewards,or even a herd of dairy cows meandering along the lane between meadow and milking parlour,or a sea of sheep bleating down the road in response to a couple of silent,eye-bright, chivvying collies? Some of these would have been common sights within living memory. But now the teams and herds and flocks have been ousted from the lanes by motor traffic.And the fields are worked by a massive machine with a lone driver,insulated in his cab from the soil he tills, the dust and aroma of the crop he harvests and the joy of the birdsong that surrounds him. Farming has always been a process of change but,during the 20th century,the pace of that change accelerated way beyond the imagination of earlier generations. What happened and what was yesterday's farm really like? Was it a better place than it is today? Or has nostalgia blurred reality? Find out in this spellbinding journey back to the farmsteads and fields of the last century. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight [just in excess of 1Kg unpackaged] of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

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