Walk Soft in the Fold -by David B Nixon -SIGNED ( traditional [pre-mechanized] farming /shepherd / sheep herding / The Chilterns / The Cotswolds / Galloway)
by Nixon, David B (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine (see desciption)/Very Good+ (see description)
- ISBN 10
- 0701122161
- ISBN 13
- 9780701122164
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1977, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1977. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, a tight clean square copy, in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a sticket pull on the price on the front flap, signed without inscription by the author, 235 pages, b&w illustrations, ---from the front flap: a memorable portrait of the old shepherd and writes of the last, golden days before farming was transformed by machines. At Cold Harbour Farm the fifteen year old Davey, who was not used to country life, learned about the land and the livestock from men whose fathers before them, had been farmers. From Edgar Kirby he learned to be a shepherd. taciturn, unsentimental, but wise in natural lore, believing for each task there were only two ways: a right way and a wrong way. ---Here simply and vividly recalled is life as it was on farms in the Chilterns, the Cotswolds and galloway. WALK SOFT in the FOLD records a part of that which is lost", , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Very Good+ (see description). Illus. by Thomas Brown Cover Art, Illustrations By Mary Williams . 5.25w x 8h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167053
- Title
- Walk Soft in the Fold -by David B Nixon -SIGNED ( traditional [pre-mechanized] farming /shepherd / sheep herding / The Chilterns / The Cotswolds / Galloway)
- Author
- Nixon, David B (signed)
- Illustrator
- Thomas Brown Cover Art, Illustrations By Mary Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (see desciption)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701122161
- ISBN 13
- 9780701122164
- Publisher
- London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1977, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 5.25w x 8h Inches
- Keywords
- Walk Soft in the Fold -by David B Nixon -SIGNED ( traditional [pre-mechanized] farming /shepherd / sheep herding )
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction;
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Tight
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