THE MAGIC APPLE TREE: A COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1831603
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Magic Apple Tree is Susan Hill’s memoir of her life in the Fen country of England where she and her husband bought a cottage in the village of Barley. She tells of their life in an old cottage, of finding logs for the fire, fighting the clay soil and insects and weather in the garden, raising chickens, watching the birds and local wildlife, participating in the community life in the village, cooking in each season, going for walks with her dog through the local countryside, and of the magic apple tree, a tree growing in their back garden which gives them new views and comforts throughout each season. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w headers and footers and 4 full page b/w chapter illustrations. 269 pages. ISBN: 9781902421254. Base of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Small knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

CLARE'S COUNTRYSIDE
Written by John Clare; Brian Patten; Eric Robinson. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.
Stock no. 1831540
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of some of the best examples of John Clare's nature poetry and prose. Selected and introduced by modern poet Brian Patten. Edited by Eric Robinson. Large, oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers with wildflower sketch. Colour & b/w illustrations. 78 pages. ISBN: 0434980137. Boards bumped to corners and top & tail of spine. Unobtrusive name in ink to lower edge of free front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AUTUMN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1331115
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series. 536. Buff pictorial boards. Full-page colour pictures. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AUTUMN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1331075
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series. 536. Buff pictorial boards. Full-page colour pictures. Slight bumping to spine. Tiny brown spot to front cover. Two names in ink to front free-endpaper and one to rear free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and lightly scuffed to rear panel. Last title to rear flap is Trees.

WORKING WITH NATURE: MEMOIRS OF A WILDLIFE MANAGER
Written by Ronnie Rose.
Stock no. 1330988
Published by David A.H. Grayling. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Testament to a life's work in Scotland's wild places. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Colour photos. ISBN: 0906839041. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges and has a couple of barcode stickers to rear panel.

MALCOLM SAVILLE'S COUNTRY BOOK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1330950
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A lovely country book for young people who are just discovering the delights of nature. Light blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w text illustrations to contents. 85 pages. Some slightly bumped. Very slight fading to top edge of front cover. Foxding endpapers (and prelims) and heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss, front flap is creased and is foxed on verso.

THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHICKENS
Written by Esther Verhoef; Aad Rijs.
Stock no. 1830816
Published by Rebo Publishers. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

8th edition. Written specifically for people who do not yet know much about chickens, but who are already keeping some. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 9789036615921. Foxing to top edge of text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1830570
Published by Penguin. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Puffin Picture Book no. 37. Colour pictorial paperwraps with white border and red title to front. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 37. Last title of Puffin Picture Books to inside front cover is 39. Famous Ships; 5 Baby Puffin Books also listed. Covers are foxed, browned and worn at corners, small closed tear (no loss) to top front edge. '195' stamped to lower rear edge. A few foxspots and marks to contents. Corners creased.

WALKING WITH FANCY
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330428
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Sketches of country life. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to textblock but does affect some page margins.

FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

PLOWMEN'S CLOCKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330131
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Green cloth, red title to spine. Superb illustrations. 132 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Water stain to lower corner of front cover. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above. Wrapper spine is a bit browned, minimal chipping at top and tail of spine.

CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.