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TAYLOR**, CRAIG: : RETURN to AKENFIELD: Portrait of an English Village in the 21st Century. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.GRANTA BOOKS,2006.

ISBN 18622078874.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. So,1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black inscrptn: 'To Jenny, A present for a present Craig Taylor' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w+red lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges although toned are without blemishes or foxing/spotting, the fore-edges which are less toned with merest hint to edge of rear free endpaper, otherwise clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xviipp+4-228pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an author's introduction,a prologue,Pts I+II comprising 31 extracts/sections; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a dedication; a prologue separator page,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear, acknowledgements and an appendix,each with separator pages.The appendix in the form of b/w facsimile handwritten,notepaper 'Orchard lists' of plums and apples and a further 6pp blanks. Ronald Blythe's 1969 book 'Akenfield' - a moving portrait of English country life told in the voices of the farmers and villagers themselves - is a modern classic. A bestseller,it has been translated into more than twenty languages around the world. On the thirty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication,writer Craig Taylor returned to the village in Suffolk on which Akenfield was based.Over several months he sought out locals who had appeared in the original book to learn how their lives had changed,he met newcomers to discuss their own views,and he interviewed Ronald Blythe himself,now (then) in his eighties. The resulting book reverberates with their voices and offers an unforgettable portrait of rural society at a time of great change. Young farmers,retired orchardmen and Eastern European migrant workers talk about farming in age of globalization; commuters, weekenders and retirees discuss the realities behind the rural idyll; and the local priest,teacher ,pub owner and many more describe the daily pleasures and tribulations of life in a small village. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Jenny, A present for a present Craig Taylor'

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