John Samuel Tunnard — A Country Guide

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1930. Cloth. A very scarce volume of fourteen nature-themed poems, written and illustrated by John Samuel Tunnard. A very scarce work, containing a total of fourteen poems in a series titled 'A Country Guide', by John Samuel Tunnard. This series was originally published in a newspaper, the poems here pasted in a smart cloth volume.John Tunnard was a Modernist designer and painter, his poetical works are very uncommon to see. This volume includes a total of fourteen nature-themed poems, charmingly illustrated by Tunnard.Poems are titled 'The Birds of Athene', 'The Trade of the Wandering Gipsy', 'Where the Otter Lives', 'The Cruel Butcher-Bird', 'The Hare, The Hare!', 'The Dry-Fly Purist', 'The Nightjar', 'Migration', 'The Gay December', 'The Uses of a Hedgehog', 'The Woodpecker Under Glass', 'A Trap For the Badger', 'Fish in the River', and 'The Rabbit's Life&apos. In a modern cloth binding. Externally, smart. Only a couple of light marks to the boards and spine. Label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Newspaper clippings are very lightly age-toned with a few scattered spots. Near Fine . Ill.: John Samuel Tunnard. Near Fine .