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English Country Traditions / wood engravings by Christopher Wormell ; written by Ian Niall.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niall, Ian, author.
- Series:
- Running Press miniature edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country life.
- Wood-engraving.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Miniature books
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : color illustrations ; 83 mm
- Distribution:
- London : Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Running Press, 1996.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Beehives
- Hay-making
- Wild Mushrooms
- The Plough
- Partridges
- The Journey to the Mill
- The Country Church
- The Ditcher
- The Hedge
- The Cottage Garden
- Thatching
- Walling
- Apple Picking
- The Butterchurn
- Fishing
- Wildfowling
- Cider-making
- The Hopfield
- A Blacksmith
- Pheasant Shooting
- The Hunt
- Wild Geese
- The Corn Harvest
- Cattle Shows
- The Potato Field
- Hurdles for the Shepherd
- Dancing on the Green
- Rooks and Rookeries
- Fen Skaters
- The Village Green and Cricket
- The Sowers Field
- Hare Hunting
- About the Artist
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- "A Running Press Miniature Edition™"--Title page verso.
- First published in 1990.
- "This book has been bound using handcraft methods, and Smyth-sewn to ensure durability."--Colophon.
- "The dust jacket and interior were designed by Frances J. Soo Ping Chow. The text was edited by Brian Perrin. The text was set in Monotype Van Dijck."--Colophon.
- "The engravings by Christopher Wormell were cut in the end grain of boxwood with a burin, following the technique perfected by Thomas Bewick in the late eighteenth century."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies 1 & 2 have dustjackets retained.
- ISBN:
- 1561386928
- 9781561386925
- OCLC:
- 808156070
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