Grace before ploughing : fragments of autobiography / John Masefield
1966, 1st edition. London : Heinemann. Library copy. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #476000
Physical description: 90 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: Prologue -- The Linked paradises -- Ledbury -- October fair -- Malvern -- Bredon flood -- The Hereford and Gloucester Canal -- Terrors -- The Flooded valley with its moles -- The Hunt -- The Outcast -- The Angel -- Ermentrude -- Closing the canal -- The Soldiers -- Cut Throat Lane, etc. -- Hopping -- The Roman road -- The Stag -- Circuses -- Captain Jones -- The Old mail-coaches -- The Forge -- Imagination -- Wild flowers and other wild things -- May Hill -- Flood water -- Early reading -- Piping down -- Epilogue. Subjects: Masefield, John 1878-1967. Poets, English 20th century ; Biography. English poetry 20th century.
Price: €10.95