{"product_id":"country-things-alison-uttley-faber-faber-first-edition-1946-4","title":"Country Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry Things by Alison Uttley.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Faber and Faber, 1946. First edition, first impression. Publisher's green cloth binding, gilt titles to spine, plain endpapers; with original dust wrapper priced 6s. net to front flap. With illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition, binding square and firm, pages clean and uninscribed with the exception of two inscription penned to front pastedown, with a little foxing to the closed text block and prelims, mildest crushing to spine tips and corners, and small blemish to foot of spine.  In like dust wrapper with panels slightly tanned (the spine a little more), with a little nibbling and a few closed tears to extremities (particularly one with minuscule loss to the bottom of the front panel), and a little marginal darkening; now in an archival wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA nostalgic account of rural English life capturing the customs and quiet rhythms of the countryside as remembered from the author's Derbyshire childhood: \"A book of sheer delight, which no-one but Mrs. Uttley could have written. Its twelve chapters are concerned with the little things of country life, the small incidents and simple pleasures that made life rich in the possessing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53200935911763,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Country-Things-ALISON-UTTLEY-Illustrated-Faber-Faber-1946-FIRST-EDITION_1.webp?v=1773175595","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/country-things-alison-uttley-faber-faber-first-edition-1946-4","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}