Men and the Fields

1939, with six fine lithographs by John Nash

Author

Adrian Bell, illustrated by John Nash

Publisher

Batsford, London, 1939

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback. 22 × 14cm, 155pp.

Adrian Bell's travels through East Anglia and lowland Britain reflect a world on the brink of change. Published on the eve of the Second World War, his down-to-earth descriptions of the countryside were shaped by his own life working the land. Whether it be hedgerow flowers, a livestock auction, traditional farmyard, village forge, wheelwright's shop, the arrival of the tractor in the harvest field, the work of the ploughman, shepherd or woodman, Men and the Fields captures the character of rural life before modern agriculture altered the landscape and changed forever the way we eat and live.

Illustrated with six fine lithographs by John Nash, with smaller pen and ink sketches throughout.

Condition

The cloth binding is rather faded and a little frayed, the text with light spotted foxing throughout but remaining in strong readable condition. All six lithographs are present.

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