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Adrian Bell: Voice of the Countryside
by Ann Gander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0953340619
- ISBN 13
- 9780953340613
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About This Item
Holm Oak Publishing, Wenhaston, Suffolk, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Grey end-papers. Titles & contents list to front. Adrian Bell was a writer of his time, yet his books have an originality and freshness that makes them timeless. As an apprentice farmer in West Suffolk in the early 1920s he observed and. recorded a vanishing way of life. For more than thirty years he delighted readers of the Eastern Daily Press with his weekly reflections on country life. He also had the distinction of composing the first,Times crossword puzzle - and the 10,000th some 50 years later. All his books were in a sense autobiographical. But this is the first biography of him. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5 + 222 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's.. Includes list of Adrian Bell's books, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Suffolk; East Anglia; Literary Biographies; England; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0953340619. ISBN/EAN: 9780953340613. Inventory No: 4824. . 9780953340613
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4824
- Title
- Adrian Bell: Voice of the Countryside
- Author
- Ann Gander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0953340619
- ISBN 13
- 9780953340613
- Publisher
- Holm Oak Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Wenhaston, Suffolk
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Biography/Literary Biographies/Suff/olk/Farming & Rural Life/East Anglia/Adrian Bell Biography & Autobiography; Suffolk; East Anglia; Literary Biographies; England; Farming & Rural Life. Unbranded ISBN: 0953340619 EAN: 9780953340613
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