England is a Village

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9" by 6". Denys Watkins-Pitchford. A smart first edition copy of Warren's homage to English villages, illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Denys Watkins-Pitchford. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with an unusually smart original unclipped dust wrapper. In this charming work, C. Henry Warren relates a chronicle of life in his little East Anglian village, begun during the bitter winter of 1939-40. Warren wrote this work to remind the reader that the best of England is a village, and that the loveliest of springtimes can rally the English against the enemy of the Second World War. With beautiful illustrations throughout by Denys James Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990), a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is generally smart, though darkened to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for a little offsetting to the end papers. Dust wrapper is generally smart, though a little age toned, with chipping to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps. Very Good