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English Farming and Why I Turned It Up
Ernest Bramah
1894
The Leadenhall Press : London
7.5" by 5"
vi [1], 8-181, 15, 1pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of crime fiction author Ernest Bramah's humorous autobiographical account of his farming adventures in his youth.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of the first published work from popular author of detective novels and occult mysteries, Ernest Bramah. A tongue in cheek account of his time farming in his youth, after leaving school aged sixteen.
Bramah concludes his work "I can once more agree with the man in the train that farming is the most agreeable of all pursuits, to all except the farmer!".
Best known for creating the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados, George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book 'What Might Have Been' influenced 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
With sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with handling marks to boards. Significant ink stain to rear board. Rubbing to front joint. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned to perimeters due to paper type. The odd spot.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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