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The Furnival Books - London, 1931 Worth buying for the introduction alone; but then, so is the story. The whole volume - binding, drawing, typography, and - of course - the WRITING is deserving capital letters. Not everyone will like it. It could be strong meat for some and strictly vegan for others. But this is a fascinating example of English language writing. Odd but charming and slightly weird. Certainly of continuing interest to anyone interested in non formulaic English literature. It is only a bit wonderful. So, with the fine introduction in mind and the caveats and the plaudits, this is certainly a refreshing book to read in our excluding times, for it certainly would get short shrift from the Woke bunch who decide what gets published today. Unconventional and with a broad smile within its pages; non-conformist, un-preachy, and without a proselytising sentence in its entire content, and the excellent Rowland Hilder tipped in frontispiece. Well, I say it again, this book is worth buying for the…
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Dandelion Days
por Henry Williamson SIGNED
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- Capa dura
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UK: Faber, 1945. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1945. Signed by the author to the title page, Rare Thus. Dandelion Days is the second novel in The Flax of Dream tetralogy describing the life of Willie Maddison. This volume continues the story of Willie's boyhood with escapades at school and idyllic adventures in the countryside. The moving, at times almost Arcadian account, of youth before the Great War is shattered at the end when we learn 10943 Private W. B. Maddison has enlisted and is serving in a territorial Infantry Battalion in the Ypres Salient". Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Small loss to spine tips. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref A1234
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- Formato/Encadernação Decorative Cloth
- Estado do livro Usado - Very Good ++
- Condição de sobrecapa Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível 1
- Edição First Edition
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Editorial Faber
- Local de publicação UK
- Data de publicação 1945
- Dimensão 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Palavras-chave A1234
- Size 12mo - over 6¾\" - 7¾\" tall