1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I SURREY ENGLAND HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE VICAR OF NORBITON
by REVEREND NEWTON HEELAS, VICAR OF NORBITON
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
KINGSTON SURREY ENGLAND ST PETER DIOCESE SOUTHWARK. Good+. 1917. On offer is a super, fascinating British home front manuscript diary handwritten by the Reverend Newton Heelas, Vicar of Norbiton Kingston Surrey 1917 where along with the mundane parish happenings he comments on war events in this month on a page 'Churchman's Almanac' making for short, terse recaps of the bigger news: 29 Jan HMS Laurentic sunk, 200 lives lost; 1 Feb German ruthless submarine warfare; 10 Mar Baghdad taken; 12 Mar revolution in Russia abdication of Czar; 1 April America enters war; 25 April Dangerous submarine menace, 36 vessels sunk; 14 June Zeppelin shot down on South Coast; 7 July Saw Zeppelin fired at over Wimbledon; 29 Sept Air raids in London, Great noise; 31 Oct 30 German Gothas. Air Raid from 12 - 2am, not very pleasant; 7 Nov Balfour promises Palestine to the Jews; 9 Dec JERUSALEM taken by Gen Allenby. Overall G+. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, REVEREND NEWTON HEELAS, VICAR OF NORBITON, ZEPPELINS, AIR RAIDS, WORLD WAR I, BRITISH HOME FRONT DIARY, WWI, WW1, WORLD WAR ONE, BRITAIN, KINGSTON SURREY, ENGLAND, ST PETER, THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK, GERMANY, THE KAISER, EARLY AIR WARFARE, DIRIGIBLES, BALLOONS IN WARFARE, KINGSTON MUSEUM AND HERITAGE SERVICE. BRITANNICA, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, JOURNAL, LOG, PRIMARY SOURCE, FIRST HAND ACCOUNT, SOCIAL HISTORY, PERSONAL STORIES, LIVING HISTORY, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL,BIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES .
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- Bookseller
- Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002251
- Title
- 1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I SURREY ENGLAND HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE VICAR OF NORBITON
- Author
- REVEREND NEWTON HEELAS, VICAR OF NORBITON
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Place of Publication
- KINGSTON SURREY ENGLAND ST PETER DIOCESE SOUTHWARK
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Keywords: History Of, Reverend Newton Heelas, Vicar Of Norbiton, ZEPPELINS, Air Raids, World War I, British Home Front Diary, WWI, WW1
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century Manuscript; 20th Century Diary;
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About the Seller
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
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Cochrane, Alberta
About Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (formerly M. Benjamin Katz Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts) is based out of both Ontario and Alberta, Canada. We do business by appointment, and have had an online presence selling fine books and rare manuscripts since 1999. Specializing in handwritten, historically significant books, manuscripts, diaries, documents and ephemera. A member of The Manuscript Societyeach treasure on offer is guaranteed authentic and as represented for life. Worldwide clientele includes esteemed collections and public, private and university libraries on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. Always buying collections and estates.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.