This beautifully produced, edition,contains the poetry of H.E.Bates together with a selection of Christmas cards sent by him and a short piece in the Northamptonshire Men of Letters series entitled 'John Clare;The Peasant Poet (1793-1864) and a review of 'The Poems of John Clare' edited by J.W.Tibble.
A note about this volume - Limited to One Thousand copies,(of which this is number 22) it is signed by Peter Eads,the Editor and Bates expert. Also signed by Lynne Evans,who drew the illustrations and did the calligraphy and by Richard,the elder son of H.E.Bates. ( )