HAPPY ENGLAND
Written by Marcus B. Huish
Illustrated by Helen Allingham
Published by Adam & Charles Black
in 1909
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HAPPY ENGLAND
Written by Marcus B. Huish.
Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 2107921
1909.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Red pictorial cloth. 80 colour plates and 1 black and white portrait of author. A. & C. Black Colour Book series. Reissue in large size. Bumping to corners. Spine is faded/browned, with small split to top. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is a bit cracked. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.
Front cover
Contents
- Chapter I Our Title
- Chapter II Paintresses, Past and Present
- Chapter III The Artist's Early Work
- chapter IV The Artist's Surrey Home
- Chapter V The Influence of Witley
- Chapter VI The Woods, the Lanes, and the Fields
- Chapter VII Cottages and Homesteads
- chapter VIII Gardens and Orhards
- Chapter IX Tennyson's Homes
- Chapter X Mrs. Allingham and her Contemporaries