The Roadmender and The Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Michael Fairless (HQ474)

Circa 1930s: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated

Original maroon cloth with gilt titles on the spine. 254 very clean and bright pages, previous owners signature on the first page. Slight fading on boards. A compact pocket-size. (HQ474)

Postage €4.00.
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The Roadmender, a devotional country book, was very much to early Edwardian taste, clearly touched a melancholy nerve and achieved popular classic status. When the book was published there was a great mystery surrounding who Michael Fairless was, and what locale did he describe with such love? The place was West Sussex-the Adur Valley, and Michael Fairless turned out to be a woman-Margaret Barber. Google Books...