Buy this book on-line Ernest Bramah : English Farming and Why I Turned It UpThe Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd., London, 1894
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. BG3 - A first edition hardcover book in good condition that is cocked, some bumped corners, some scattered light foxing/stains, info emboss and few pencil notes on the upper right corner of the front free endpaper, wrinkling and crease on some inside pages, tanning and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 7.25"x5", 181 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ernest Bramah : English Farming and Why I Turned It Up. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. ERNEST BRAMAH : English Farming and Why I Turned It UpThe Leadenhall Press, London, 1894
First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 181pp + xvi publisher's advertisements at the rear + a tipped-in double-sided product advertisement. Textured cloth-covered boards, lettered, ruled and decorated in black and gold. The backstrip lightly browned with a touch of further very light discolouration to the board extremities. The title leaf torn and a little tender and with a little tanning to the paperstock. Quite a nice, bright copy. Handsome former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. The author's first book, a slightly tongue-in-cheek account of his farming exploits ("its perusal may save would-be farmers about five hundred a year"). Bramah, onetime secretary and editing associate of to Jerome K.Jerome, is perhaps more famous for his humour and detective fiction; his dystopian science fiction novel 'What Might Have Been' (1907) was an influence on Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of ERNEST BRAMAH : English Farming and Why I Turned It Up. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, fine bindings, livres rares, livres anciens and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |