Ivver Sen By Keith Richardson, Ill. By Keith Bowen, 2008 Signed By Artist/Author
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Ivver Sen by Keith Richardson, illustrated by Keith Bowen, 2008, published by River Greta Winter, Cumbria. Hardback, 208 pages.
'Lake District: The Life and Times of the Men and Women who work the Land.'
This first edition is beautifully illustrated throughout. It is also signed by both the artist and author on the title page. It also comes with a card invitation to the exhibition of the artist's works.
It is in good condition - the original dust-jacket has some slight creasin...g. Inside there is a bookplate on the front flysheet. Otherwise there is no writing, tearing, creasing or dog-earing.
Free UK Tracked PostageInternational Tracked P&P - £20(I am happy to combine postage, please just ask!)
29cm x 22cm x 2cm approx.
Blurb reads:Ivver Sen is Cumbrian dialect for ever since.The title is a direct reference to the many years that hill farming has existed in the Lake District, since the early Norse settlers. Ivver Sen the book is about the people who have lived and worked the land over the years and those who cling on to their fell farming heritage to this day. The book tells their amazing story through Keith Richardson's words and Keith Bowen's pastel drawings. ...Every chapter tells a different story and provides a moving, informative, entertaining and, at times, humorous account of the farming way of like in Lakeland. It is rich in nostalgia but also voices opinions in hill farming today.In addition to Keith Bowen's superb pastels drawings there are also evocative, previously unpublished, images from the past set against the brilliant modern day photography by Val Corbett of the timeless fells, lakes and rivers that provide the backcloth for the stories of a very special breed of people; a people who are fast disappearing from the land on which they have lived and worked down the centuries.
'Lake District: The Life and Times of the Men and Women who work the Land.'
This first edition is beautifully illustrated throughout. It is also signed by both the artist and author on the title page. It also comes with a card invitation to the exhibition of the artist's works.
It is in good condition - the original dust-jacket has some slight creasin...g. Inside there is a bookplate on the front flysheet. Otherwise there is no writing, tearing, creasing or dog-earing.
Free UK Tracked PostageInternational Tracked P&P - £20(I am happy to combine postage, please just ask!)
29cm x 22cm x 2cm approx.
Blurb reads:Ivver Sen is Cumbrian dialect for ever since.The title is a direct reference to the many years that hill farming has existed in the Lake District, since the early Norse settlers. Ivver Sen the book is about the people who have lived and worked the land over the years and those who cling on to their fell farming heritage to this day. The book tells their amazing story through Keith Richardson's words and Keith Bowen's pastel drawings. ...Every chapter tells a different story and provides a moving, informative, entertaining and, at times, humorous account of the farming way of like in Lakeland. It is rich in nostalgia but also voices opinions in hill farming today.In addition to Keith Bowen's superb pastels drawings there are also evocative, previously unpublished, images from the past set against the brilliant modern day photography by Val Corbett of the timeless fells, lakes and rivers that provide the backcloth for the stories of a very special breed of people; a people who are fast disappearing from the land on which they have lived and worked down the centuries.
