The English Inn

London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd, 1930. Reprint. Very Good +. Part of the English Heritage Series, this volume describes the history of the English Inn from early times. As the author records, ""To write of the English Inn is almost to write of England itself, so closely is the inn woven with the daily life of men of every degree, and with the gradual development of our land. It is as familiar in the national consciousness as the oak and the ash and the village green, and the church spire. It began when we began, for the nationhood of a country begins with its roads; and although the birth of the English inn cannot be documented, we may say with certainty that when the first fifty miles of road was cut through England the first English inn was born."" A delightful history of the English Inn with chapters including In the Yard; The OIdest Inhabitant; A Fireside Tour; Tales of Wayside Inns; There was a Tavern in the Town; Present and Future; with maps of London and the Thames Valley, South Western England, South Eastern England, and Northern England. green boards with writing to spine and small embossed gold tree on front cover.bumped and rubbed.pages foxed and edges.tight binding. owner inscription in ink. AB72