£18.00
Autumn Fields by Michael Home (Helmuth Weissenborn illustrator)
Published by Methuen & Co Ltd., London 1944.
8vo. 197 pp. Pictorial dust jacket over dark green cloth. Illustrated with wood engravings by Helmuth Weissenborn. Michael Home creates an engaging picture of a little well known region in East Anglia, with ancient traditions, local characters, and vanishing everyday customs. Small neat inscription Mother November 1st. 1944 in ink. Printed on ward time economy paper, paper being in short supply during the Second World War. The artist himself was a refugee from Nazi Germany. Well bound and clean pages. Dust wrapper is worn, marked and with tears and small pieces missing, else a very good copy.
Size 22 x 14.5 cm (8.75 x 6 inches)
Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd.
Signed: No
Date: 1944
Place: London
Condition: Very Good
Illustrator: Helmuth Weissenborn
Book ID: 60002125