Down the River

  • Hardcover
  • New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937
By Bates, H.E. [Herbert Ernest]; Agnes Miller Parker
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 150pp. Quarto [26cm]. Bound in blue cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Extremities lightly rubbed. Prior owner's address label and bookseller ticket affixed to front pastedown. Dust jacket is toned, and a bit chipped at edges. With 81 lovely wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.

H.E. Bates is perhaps best known for the novels "Love for Lydia," "The Darling Buds of May" and "Uncle Silas." His interest in nature and the English countryside is apparent in his work.

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