Life on the Land by Fred Kitchen (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Some rubbing, soiling and wear to wrapper, Several small tears to edges , spine slightly darkened. Has been internally repaired with special non acidic archive tape. Wrapper is now in a removable clear protective sleeve. Not price clipped, no marks or inscriptions, previous owners book plate to front pastedown. Bright and clean internally with very little wear. Slight spotting to end papers and edge of text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Frank Ormrod (illustrator). 1st Edition. Full dark brown cloth binding with gilt spine title and no inscriptions. Some faint spotting, mainly to prelims and outer page edges. DJ laid in. 278pp. incl b/w woodcuts.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Frank Ormrod (illustrator). First Edition. This very good copy is bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling and decoration to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. There are two neat inscriptions to the f.e.p. A dust wrapper is not present. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. (William) Frederick "Fred" Kitchen (28 December 1890 - 16 September 1969) was an English farm labourer and writer. His best known work is Brother to the Ox (1939), which has been adapted for radio and television. Kitchen was born in Edwinstowe in Sherwood Forest in 1890 to a Methodist family. His father was a cowman on the Sandbeck Estate, held by the Earl of Scarbrough, and Fred grew up on the estate, living in a tied cottage. He started work in 1904 as a farmer's boy just after his 13th birthday, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, following the death of his father from diabetes. As the cottage was tied to his father's job, Kitchen and the family were forced to leave. His mother became a needlewoman after her husband's death, taking on work from local manor houses. Kitchen started out as a horseman but went on to work around collieries, and on railways. In 1925, after 13 years working in industrial settings, he became a farm labourer again, in Hooton Levitt, and at Maltby Main. In this his second book after 'Brother To The Ox, Mr. Kitchen tells the story of a year's work on an English farm month by month, and binds to it the story of the men and women who labour there. It is a simple story, but a great one because the human beings are alive and what they do is important. The text has the benefit of woodcuts by the artist of Frank Ormrod. Ref MM4.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frank Ormrod i (illustrator). 1941.Reprint in the same year. 4to. Bound in brown cloth. 278 pp. Illustrated with black & white wood cuts by Frank Ormrod. Printed on war time economy paper, paper being in short supply during the Second World War . The brown cloth has slightly bubbled and a little worn; corners a little bumped, otherwise a very nice copy. An awareness of the change taking place within farming and country way of life. Many books were written romancing life on a farm and this is no exception. Published before the onset of yet another war. Size 23 x 15 cm (9 x 6.25 inches).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: n/a. Frank Ormrod (illustrator). 1st. 278pp; handbound by W. Marriott. Illustrated with woodcuts by Frank Ormrod. Black leather binding with gilt title to spine and gilt decoration to front. Raised bands to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. illustrated 278 pages reprint.

Hard back binding in publisher's original taupe cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 276 pp with monochrome woodcuts, full and half-page throughout. Wear to upper corners and spine end, shallow rubs to lower edges, ink message dated 1944 to front paste down and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with edgewear and tears. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint; Second Printing. 2 clean & tightly bound hardback books in unclipped dustjackets. Life: endpapers tanned, with a neat name and date on the front endpaper in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges and has a small hole on front cover edge. 276 pages, many illustrations in the text by Frank Ormrod. Ploughman: 1st edition published 1960, no inscriptions, in a rubbed, marked dustjacket designed by BB (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good. Frank Ormrod (illustrator). Firsr Edition. A bright firm book with slight tanning to the endpapers, greeting on fep, in a worn/marked dj. Pics available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. pp. 276 Hardback in dust jacket. Foxing to first and last few pages and edges of text block. Jacket toned and chipped to corner folds and spine ends with minimal loss. A few tears to spine area, with discreet tape repair to reverse. A very good copy of Fred Kitchen's record of life on a farm. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by Frank Ormrod. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1941 Dent Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good price-clipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustrations by Frank Ormrod.