Kennet Country
Basil Blackwell, 1932.
First edition, first issue. 8vo. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, housed in original printed dustwrapper. Decorative map endpapers. Fourteen full page black and white illustrations by Thomas Derrick, plus chapter headings. A very good copy, in a good, slightly chipped, dustwrapper.
1 of 500 copies published. A description of the towns, scenes and geography encountered along the River Kennet, from Reading to Yatesbury, through Marlborough, Tilehurst, Theale, Hungerford and Newbury (amongst others) - written in a charmingly discursive style.
Cohen p.180
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