ITCHEN MEMORIES. By G.E.M. Skues.
1951 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w woodcut illustrations by Alex Jardine. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Variant binding with plain white end-papers.
George Edward MacKenzie Skues. (1858-1949)". It concerns just one, specific, length of this lovely chalk stream. The watery maze of carriers, ditches and drains which criss-cross Winchester's northern water-meadows, for centuries known as Abbots Barton, is the sole setting for the stories which follow. It is a final and cherished selection of memories and meanderings of fifty-seven long seasons". . . (from Roy Darlington's Introduction to the 1999 edition). With introductory material by the author's brother, C.A.M. Skues, and by the illustrator, Alex Jardine.
George Edward MacKenzie Skues. (1858-1949)". It concerns just one, specific, length of this lovely chalk stream. The watery maze of carriers, ditches and drains which criss-cross Winchester's northern water-meadows, for centuries known as Abbots Barton, is the sole setting for the stories which follow. It is a final and cherished selection of memories and meanderings of fifty-seven long seasons". . . (from Roy Darlington's Introduction to the 1999 edition). With introductory material by the author's brother, C.A.M. Skues, and by the illustrator, Alex Jardine.
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2932
| Author | Skues (George Edward MacKenzie). (1858-1949). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 2932 |
| ISBN | B001AVWPSS. |
| Book Description | Neat bookplate - a very good copy in a tidy dust-wrapper. This scarce variant has plan white end-papers (as issued), rather than the usual pictorial end-papers. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1951 |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins. |
| Place | London. |