30 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm.
Series Title
King Penguin books: 51
General Note
`Text pages and colour lithography printed at The Curwen Press, Plaistow. Cover designed by Edward Bawden. Made in Great Britain.’ [Verso of title page]
Series title and number on half-title ; not on cover.
Title page has decorative lettering, ornaments and rules.
`The coloured illustrations in this book are from drawings made by the artist directly on to lithographic zinc plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper.’ (p. [32]).
Contents
The plates: The vicar -- St Mary the Virgin -- The Methodist chapel -- The junior school -- The child welfare clinic --Peeling potatoes -- Sunday evening -- An agricultural machinery repair shop -- The cabinet-maker -- The bell -- A village store -- The baker -- The butcher -- The tailor -- The saddler's shop -- The market gardener.
Copy Note
The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy of Arts bookplate on which is inscribed: `Presented by Edward Bawden, Esq., C.B.E., R.A., 1973.’