H.E. Bates — A Threshing Day

London, W. and G. Foyle, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, advance review copy of this short work of fiction, written by H.E. Bates and signed by him to the limitations page. A short work of fiction written by Herbert Ernest Bates, a twentieth-century English writer most well-known for his works Love for Lydia (1952), The Darling Bids of May (1958), and My Uncle Silas (1930). The first edition of this work. A limited edition copy of this work, limited to 300 copies (this copy is unnumbered). Signed by the author to the limitations page. An advance review copy, with a loosely inserted card from the publishers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light bumping to the extremities and some fading to the cloth at the extremities. A few patches of soiling to the tail of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .