The Adrian Bell Trilogy
Corduroy (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
When Adrian Bell left London in 1920 to learn agriculture on a Suffolk farm, like many townies he assumed at first that the locals were somewhat simple. But soon his own ignorance and inability to do the most basic physical tasks taught him a new respect. He grew to love the land, and Corduroy is filled with precise and poetic descriptions of the countryside and of farming life. Not merely a period piece, it captures what is unchanging about the lives of those who live from, rather than simply on, the land.
Condition grading: Fair. Losses and damage to both ends of grubby spine. Black mark and creases to front cover. Some creases and wear to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Silver Ley (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this captivating sequel to Corduroy Adrian Bell describes the hardships and happiness of setting up on his own farm. The story opens in 1921 as Bell wakes, full of hope, to start his new life at Silver Ley. This second book in Bell’s farming trilogy is a quietly observed and unsentimental picture of a rural world and a way of life which was even then fading.
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor damage to faded spine ends. Minor wear to front cover corners. The photographs form part of the description.
The Cherry Tree (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this final volume of his trilogy Bell makes a happy marriage and settles down with his wife Nora on their own small farm. But behind this cheerful picture lurks the shadow of the growing agricultural depression and the passing of an old rural order, which Bell, with his poet’s eye and farmer’s knowledge, records in poignant detail.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to both ends of creased spine. Wear to bottom right corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Corduroy (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
When Adrian Bell left London in 1920 to learn agriculture on a Suffolk farm, like many townies he assumed at first that the locals were somewhat simple. But soon his own ignorance and inability to do the most basic physical tasks taught him a new respect. He grew to love the land, and Corduroy is filled with precise and poetic descriptions of the countryside and of farming life. Not merely a period piece, it captures what is unchanging about the lives of those who live from, rather than simply on, the land.
Condition grading: Fair. Losses and damage to both ends of grubby spine. Black mark and creases to front cover. Some creases and wear to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Silver Ley (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this captivating sequel to Corduroy Adrian Bell describes the hardships and happiness of setting up on his own farm. The story opens in 1921 as Bell wakes, full of hope, to start his new life at Silver Ley. This second book in Bell’s farming trilogy is a quietly observed and unsentimental picture of a rural world and a way of life which was even then fading.
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor damage to faded spine ends. Minor wear to front cover corners. The photographs form part of the description.
The Cherry Tree (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this final volume of his trilogy Bell makes a happy marriage and settles down with his wife Nora on their own small farm. But behind this cheerful picture lurks the shadow of the growing agricultural depression and the passing of an old rural order, which Bell, with his poet’s eye and farmer’s knowledge, records in poignant detail.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to both ends of creased spine. Wear to bottom right corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Corduroy (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
When Adrian Bell left London in 1920 to learn agriculture on a Suffolk farm, like many townies he assumed at first that the locals were somewhat simple. But soon his own ignorance and inability to do the most basic physical tasks taught him a new respect. He grew to love the land, and Corduroy is filled with precise and poetic descriptions of the countryside and of farming life. Not merely a period piece, it captures what is unchanging about the lives of those who live from, rather than simply on, the land.
Condition grading: Fair. Losses and damage to both ends of grubby spine. Black mark and creases to front cover. Some creases and wear to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Silver Ley (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this captivating sequel to Corduroy Adrian Bell describes the hardships and happiness of setting up on his own farm. The story opens in 1921 as Bell wakes, full of hope, to start his new life at Silver Ley. This second book in Bell’s farming trilogy is a quietly observed and unsentimental picture of a rural world and a way of life which was even then fading.
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor damage to faded spine ends. Minor wear to front cover corners. The photographs form part of the description.
The Cherry Tree (Penguin 1st Edition, 1940)
In this final volume of his trilogy Bell makes a happy marriage and settles down with his wife Nora on their own small farm. But behind this cheerful picture lurks the shadow of the growing agricultural depression and the passing of an old rural order, which Bell, with his poet’s eye and farmer’s knowledge, records in poignant detail.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to both ends of creased spine. Wear to bottom right corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
