A SUMMER ON THE NENE. By "BB".
1967 1st edition. Tall 8vo (155 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour frontispiece and b/w scraperboard illustrations by the author. Mottled green boards.
"BB" takes his family down the River Nene in the motor cruiser, Jolly Enterprise". The names of the riverside villages convey the magic of the English countryside - Wadenhoe, Titchmarsh, Water Newton, Tansor, Fotheringhay, Cotterstock, Orton Waterville - and Denys Watkins-Pitchford's exquisite engravings evoke the flora and fauna, the backwaters and locks, churches and watermills, which formed the setting for this voyage".
"BB" takes his family down the River Nene in the motor cruiser, Jolly Enterprise". The names of the riverside villages convey the magic of the English countryside - Wadenhoe, Titchmarsh, Water Newton, Tansor, Fotheringhay, Cotterstock, Orton Waterville - and Denys Watkins-Pitchford's exquisite engravings evoke the flora and fauna, the backwaters and locks, churches and watermills, which formed the setting for this voyage".
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Book Code
31274
| Author | Watkins-Pitchford (Denys J.)". BB". (1905-1990). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 31274 |
| ISBN | 0718207513 / 0718207513. |
| Book Description | Corner bumped, no title-page, but a good copy in frayed dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1967 |
| Publisher | Kaye and Ward Ltd. |
| Place | London. |