Wheat and Chaff

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Eric Fitch Daglish. A first edition of this collection of Street's broadcast speeches on agriculture and the countryside, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 3 full page illustrations, following the title page of each of the 3 texts included, as well as illustrations accompanying the text. Wheat and Chaff is made up of selected articles, sketches and talks from 3 books by A. G. Street: Hedge Trimmings and Country Days which were published in 1933, and Thinking Aloud, first published in 1934. Arthur George Street (1892-1966) was an English farmer, writer and broadcaster. Street began writing as a way to supplement his farm income during the great agricultural depression of the 1920s and 1930s. He continued to farm after he became a popular author. He portrayed farm life in the south of England without idealizing it, and his use of dialect strengthens his imagery of rural life. His books were mainly light fiction, often based on the Wiltshire farming community and to some degree autobiographical. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition, with only slight bumping to the extremities and a mark to the rear board. Dust wrapper has a little wear to the head and tail of the spine, and light soiling to the folds of the wrap, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd handling mark to the first few pages. Near Fine