Publicado por Caliban Books, Horsham, 1981
ISBN 10: 0904573524 ISBN 13: 9780904573527
Librería: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 240pp hardback, black boards gilt in wrapper.
Publicado por Horsham: Caliban Books, 1981
Librería: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Kitchen, Fred. Brother to the ox: an autobiography of an agricultural labourer / with a prefatory letter by the Duke of Portland and eight photographs. Horsham: Caliban Books, 1981. Hardback, VG in good, price-clipped dustjacket with shelfwear to all edges, age-discolouration and tape repairs to spine. Black cloth, bumped to corners, with gilt lettering to spine. viii, 244pp., 4pp. of publisher's catalogue, 8 b/w illustrations. Small stain to front edge of page block; contents clean and bright. (William) Frederick Kitchen (28 December 1890 16 September 1969) was an English farm labourer and writer. His best known work is Brother to the Ox (1939), which has been adapted for radio and television. Brother to the Ox is an autobiographical account of a countryman's life during the first half of the twentieth century in Northern England. Unromantic and unconcerned with presenting country living as idyllic as more middle class writers of the time had generally presented it, it may be considered an 'anti-pastoral work'. Unusual for its time, it is a first-hand account of Kitchen's life in coking factories, on the railways, working as a cowman and in mining villages, moving from town to town in search of work. Critic H E Bates wrote of the book: "Mr. Kitchen writes as the grass grows and Brother to the Ox will take its place, for exact and simple beauty, with the best interpretations of the countryside." RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Publicado por Horsham. Caliban Books., 1982
Librería: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 158pp. col plates & b/w map. Very good copy. 1st ed. While Britain was at war with its rebellious North American colonies, James Cook was patiently charting America's western coast during his third & final voyage of 1776 & 1780.
Publicado por Caliban Books,, Horsham,, 1981
ISBN 10: 0904573540 ISBN 13: 9780904573541
Librería: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 243. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. With a pref. letter by the Duke of Portland. ISBN: 0904573540 Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket, with slight edgewear but no loss. Decent copy.
Publicado por Horsham, Caliban Books 1980 - 1982., 1982
Librería: Antiquariat Löcker, Wien, Austria
276; 335; 277; 245; 248; 265 S., OKartbde., leicht angestaubt u. mit Gebrauchsspuren.