VERY GOOD CONDITION

 

This sale is for a quality hardback FIRST FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION entitled “Our Village,” by Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) edited with an Introduction by Ronald Blythe and illustrated with wood-engravings by Joan Hassall.

 

It was published by The Folio Society, of London, and appears to be the 1997 FIRST FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION.

 

The contents are a wonderful series of sketches of village scenes and characters, and the Chapters include:

 

·       Our Village

·       Hannah

·       Frost and Thaw

·       A Great Farmhouse

·       Lucy

·       The First Primrose

·       Violeting

·       The Talking Lady

·       The Cowslip-Ball

·       A Country Cricket Match

·       A Village Beau

·       The Hard Summer

·       Nutting

·       The Visit

·       The Copse

·       Jack Hatch

·       The Wood

·       The Dell

·       The Old House at Aberleigh

·       The Old Gipsy

·       The Young Gipsy

·       The Shaw

·       Hannah Bint

·       The Fall of the Leaf

·       Wheat-Hoeing

·       Whitsun-Eve

·       Our Maying

·       The Bird Catcher

·       The Mole Catcher

·       Country Names

 

…and much more…

 

The book measures 8 inches x 5.75 inches x 1.5 inches and has 423 pages (including illustrations). 

 

The book is in very good, clean and neat condition.  The binding is very good with no loose or missing pages.  There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book.  The slipcase is in good condition for its age, with minor wear/bumps and is a little blemished to one side.

 

A wonderful, illustrated FIRST FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION.

 

COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.

 

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Buyer to pay postage & packing

For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £3.50;

or 1st Class = £3.90

 

European Union Postage: = 7.95 GB Pounds

 

USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 15.70 GB Pounds

 

Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 12.85 GB Pounds. 

 

Surface Mail (Anywhere in the World) = 15.45 GB Pounds

 

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• An increase of more than 100% in the fees the US Postal Service (USPS) charges for the delivery of international mail.

 

• Securing air freight at inflated market costs due to a 95% reduction in air passenger flights globally. This has not affected domestic or postage within the EU.

 

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