The Heart of the Country. A Survey of a Modern Land

Author: HUEFFER, Ford Madox (1873-1939)
Title: The Heart of the Country. A Survey of a Modern Land
Publication: London: Alston Rivers, 1906

Description: [Lifestyle] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xiii [1] 218 [6]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to upper board and spine. Title page lettered in red and black. Top edge gilt, the rest untrimmed. Advertisements to rear. Light, infrequent marking throughout, spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Toning to endpapers. Library bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to spine, light rubbing to boards. Joints slightly cracked at top. Gentle edgewear. Very good. An unofficial sequel to Hueffer's earlier work on urban life: 'As the "Soul of London" was made up of a series of illustrations to a point of view, so the "Heart of the Country" is a series of illustrations to country moods' (author's advertisement).

Seller ID: 68414

Subject: Travel & Topography



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