THE COUNTRYMAN BOOK OF VILLAGE TRADES & CRAFTS
by Elizabeth Seager
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0715374931
- ISBN 13
- 9780715374931
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
United Kingdom: David & Charles, 1978. D/J is good, v/minor shelf-wear. The book is in good used condition. Once most villages were almost self-supporting with their own bakers and butchers, cobblers, blacksmiths, thatchers and a dozen more besides, people who sold all but the most specialist of goods and undertook work of almost all kinds. For the women of the village the shop was often the hub of the community where they could be sure of a friendly reception and good service. For over fifty years The Countryman has presented a realistic, pungent, often humorous picture of British rural life and this selection from its pages reflects the decline in rural self-sufficiency which has undoubtedly led to higher standards of living but has also meant the loss of the warmth and vitality which springs from the day-to-day contacts of a small interdependent community. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MC1749
- Title
- THE COUNTRYMAN BOOK OF VILLAGE TRADES & CRAFTS
- Author
- Elizabeth Seager
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715374931
- ISBN 13
- 9780715374931
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- VILLAGE LIFE. REFERENCE. SOCIAL HISTORY. STONE WALLING. POTTER. BLACKSMITH. SELF-SUFFICIENCY. HUMOUR. RURAL. THATCHERS. COUNTRYSIDE. COUNTRY OLD ENGLAND. COLLECTIBLE. TRADITIONAL CRAFTS. TRADITIONS. ARTS AND RECOMMENDED. GOOD READ. TEXT BOOK. HOW TO.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Diss, Norfolk
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Besleys Books - we a family run business with over 40 years experience in the booktrade. Internet only - books not stored at premises, no callers please.
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