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Chaplin, Sid.
A Tree with Rosy Apples.
Publisher: Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Date of Publication: 1972
Stock Code: 12388
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 159, [1]. With eight double sided monochrome plates of paintings by Norman Cornish. Publisher’s red faux leather with gilt titles to spine in unclipped, pictorial jacket. Minor discolouration to page edges, otherwise a near fine copy. A collection of 42 essays and insights mainly centred around the North East, illustrated with paintings by Norman Cornish, and including titles such as ‘A Song for my Darling Alice’ and ‘The Matter of Northumbria’. One of the most important, though frequently overlooked, voices of working class literature of the twentieth century. £40.00