The Biography of a Victorian Village: Richard Cobbold's Account of Wortham, Suffolk 1860
by Fletcher, Ronald (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713407875
- ISBN 13
- 9780713407877
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1977. Introduction by Ronald Fletcher. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 168 pp. includes Index. 90 Contemporary b/w illustrations. Cloth fresh, gilt bright. Small name crossed out in blue ink on top edge of front passtedown otherwise contents clean, binding firm. Unclipped DJ has a few tiny spots on reverse. In 1860 the Reverend Richard Cobbold, Rector of Wortham in Suffolk, decided to keep a detailed and systematic record of his parishioners, their occupations, where they lived, their foibles, vices, virtues and eventual fates. A talented artist, he also sketched them. The result is a vivid, exact and extremely moving description of life in a mid-Victorian village which ranks with the classic, Parson Woodforde's Diary.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Title
- The Biography of a Victorian Village: Richard Cobbold's Account of Wortham, Suffolk 1860
- Author
- Fletcher, Ronald (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713407875
- ISBN 13
- 9780713407877
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- History Britain Wortham Suffolk Mid-Victorian Village Life
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- History - General;
- Size
- 4to
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