Author: Somerville, E. OE. and Martin Ross
Title: In the Vine Country; Illustrations (3 Hand-Colored) by F.H. Townsend from Sketches by E. Oe. Somerville
Description: London, England, W.H. Allen & Co Limited, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 5 x 7.6 in. pp. 237 + 3 (advertising) + 32 (publisher's catalogue). Illustrated with three hand-colored drawings (pp. 69, 131, 146) and many black and white plates and drawings. Ivy-green boards with vinyard scene design and gilt titles to cover and to spine. Light rubbing to edges and top/bottom of spine. Top corners are nudged. Book is slightly cocked. Smudging to top edge. Dark brown endpapers. Previous owner's name in ink to top of title page. Light age-toning to leaves. Hudson: first edition first issue with the W H Allen imprint at the foot of the spine Mistresses of ironic wit and precise observation, Somerville and Ross, two extraordinary Irish female writers, are at their most genial in this account of a tour through the Medoc county at the end of the 19th century at the time of the vine harvest. During their stay, the authors dance with the harvesters, drink mout (freshly trodden), stay in a barn with dubious bedlinen, and visit a grand chateau. Ill.: F.H. Townsend. Good Plus .

Keywords: Women Writers, Medoc County, Hand-Colored Illustrations F.H. Townsend


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