Object number
2010/41
Title
Folly Farm,
Collection
Creator
Description
This is a hard back edition of 'Folly Farm', written by C. E. M. Joad and published posthumously in 1954 by Faber and Faber. The book has a foreword by John Betjeman and Frederic Hood. Joad was a philosopher, writer and broadcaster, and fought to preserve the English countryside against industrialisation and destructive tourism. This object was deaccessioned and reaccessioned into the University of Reading Library. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Physical description
Book; deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Hard-back book with dust jacket: ‘Folly Farm’ by C. E. M. Joad, published by Faber-Faber, 1954. With a foreword by John Betjeman and Frederic Hood. // Dimensions: 13 x 19 x 1.8 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …'
Production place
, Greater London [region]
Production date
1954 - 1954
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