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The Countryman’s Chap-Book – A 1949 first edition hardcover from Dennis Dobson of London, edited by E. W. Martin and illustrated by Anthony Brandt, with recipes for ale, wine and cider among its country lore. Bright green cloth boards in the original dust jacket, which shows chipping and staining.
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The Countryman’s Chap-Book was edited by E. W. Martin and illustrated by Anthony Brandt. It was first published in Great Britain in 1949 by Dennis Dobson Ltd of 12 Park Place, St James’s, London, and printed by the Bowering Press in Plymouth. This copy is the 1949 first edition.
As the dust jacket promises, the book includes recipes for ale, wine and cider among its gathering of country matters. It opens with a striking double-page title spread printed in green, showing a moorland landscape with rocky outcrops drawn by Anthony Brandt and dated 1946, and the publisher’s winged horse device appears on the imprint page.
Dennis Dobson was a small and respected London publisher with a wide and individual list, and its post-war books are often handsomely designed. The Countryman’s Chap-Book carries on the old chap-book tradition of cheap, popular collections of rural lore and practical wisdom.
The Countryman’s Chap-Book will appeal to readers of English country writing, home brewers and makers of country wines, collectors of mid-century illustrated books and anyone who enjoys the traditions of rural Britain.
Condition – Very Good
Hardcover bound in bright green cloth with black lettering on the spine, the boards clean and fresh. Housed in the original dust jacket, which has chipping and small losses along the top edge, a small hole near the foot of the front flap, and heavy water staining on the inside of the jacket and flaps. The title spread is clean and the binding is firm.
