"The Bride Comes To Evensford" 1943 BATES, H.E. James Beard 7 7/8" x 5 3/4"w/

7 7/8" x 5 3/4"w/ 140 illustrations

1893 – May 8

Each pillow has a zipper closing & contains a cotton case filled with 5% down & 95% duck feathers

And it is so busy and so merry' Once a lady sat in her garden

"The Bride Comes To Evensford" 1943 BATES, H.E. James Beard 7 7/8" x 5 3/4"w/BATES, H. E. [60] pp. Jonathan Cape 1943 Second Impression 7 3 4" x 5 1 4" Jacket design by Tisdall A tale written and published in the midst of Bates's work for the Air Ministry, but hearkening back in style and subject matter to his pre war stories. It follows a woman from her arrival in a small town (modeled after Bates's native Rushden) to work for a draper, to her marriage to him, her increasing command over the business and the household, and