Bourne george stephen bone (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 208. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered black at the spine. Limited edition of 750 copies, this being no. 143. George Sturt (1863-1927) was a British wheelwright and writer who usually wrote under the pen-name George Bourne. A native of Surrey, he inherited his father's workshop in the rural village of Bourne, near Farnborough, in 1894. He began to record the daily lives and recollections of his rural family and acquaintances, which he published towards the end of his life. First published in 1922, this volume contains Sturt's unique biography of his uncle, farmer John Smith. S Slight tanning at spine label, otherwise very good. Leather bookplate of Sir Hugh Walpole on the front pastedown.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Royal Institute of Cornwall Library Limited number 421. Stephen Bone (illustrator). Book.