The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry.
London: Collins, 1933. Landscape Folio. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Endpapers with a repeated design. Wood engravings, including twelve full page illustrations, a title page vignette (repeated in gilt on the upper board), initial letters and tailpieces, by the author. One nick to the bottom edge of the front panel of the unclipped d/w. Fine in fine d/w. Item #8686
The author's first book, which she wrote, engraved and designed, and the most desirable. Each of the twelve chapters, one for each month of the year, is faced by a full page wood engraving. A classic of the engraver's art and an unsentimental celebration of the English farming year. A superb, fresh copy.
Price: £1,500.00