Our Village
J.M. Dent & Co., 1904.
First Brock illustrated edition. Edition de luxe. 8vo. Publisher's full white vellum with elaborate gilt decoration and top edge gilt. Original red silk page marker present. Decorative endpapers. Twenty-four colour plates, plus illustrated title page, by C.E. Brock. A near fine copy, slightly bowed, with a charming presentation inscription from the "Prose and Verse Club."
A collection of literary essays on English rural life, based on the village of Three Mile Cross, just south of Reading. Her depiction of A Country Cricket-Match is generally considered to be the first major work of prose on the game.
Stock ID: 45885
