Skip to content

Sudbury Penny Post: Entire Letter to E. B. Venn 15 Bow Lane, London .

Sudbury Penny Post: Entire Letter to E. B. Venn 15 Bow Lane, London .

Click for full-size.

Sudbury Penny Post: Entire Letter to E. B. Venn 15 Bow Lane, London .

by VENN, E. B.:

  • Used
Condition
See description
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Item Price
£90.00
Or just £81.00 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
£14.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 21 to 84 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Sudbury: 1828. 1828 Suffolk Entire Sudbury London Wilcocks SK353. XXXX Rated E. Scarce! Folded folio 8.75" x 14.25". 5 vertical folds and two horizontal folds. Letter dated: "Melford 2nd May 1828." Letter regarding a complaint from his daugter Charlotte regarding an insult from a worker decorating a room. ** "Edward Venn was a tea broker (in April 1807 Harris appraised the desks in the Counting House in Bow Lane). He obviously lived in some style. His carpets were made to order to fit the rooms: 'To an Orange Ground (Leopard Spot) Kidderminster Carpet (Plann'd to Room)...' The composition of the curtains, bed furnishings, blinds, etc., is described in detail. For example: 'To Makg. 3 Sett Rod Window Curtains with French twisted Draperies lined wth. yellow Callico turnd over & Fringed'. Later, his daughter, Charlotte, went against his wishes and made a rash marriage, the son-in-law having deceived her about his family and education." - See Lesley Aitchison's - Catalogue 106

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Chilton Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
49783
Title
Sudbury Penny Post: Entire Letter to E. B. Venn 15 Bow Lane, London .
Author
VENN, E. B.:
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
Sudbury: 1828
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
51287 E. B. VENN MELFORD SUDBURY freston hall suffolk charlotte 0

Terms of Sale

Chilton Books

POSTAGE: Will be charged extra; for both home and abroad deliveries. For considerations of time and safety, please contact us. All books are checked, and carefully packed before despatch. Packages sent to U.K. addresses will go first-class unless otherwise agreed. Packages sent overseas can be sent by surface-mail or airmail. If packages are sent via airmail, the package can be insured at the customers expense. Please contact us to discuss your needs. PAYMENT: May be made by any conventional means such as personal cheque, international money-order or by direct transfer to our bankers: Barclays Bank PLC, Sudbury Branch, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk. Customers remitting in their own currency should remember that negotiation fees are around twenty dollars and this cost will be added to the invoice total. Please ensure that we have your card number, expiry date, 3 digit security code(from the reverse of your card) and name and address that pertains to the card. Customers will realise that credit card payments are processed at this end in UK pounds sterling and debited to their own accounts at the current rate of exchange. RETURN OF GOODS: Every care has been taken with the description of all books listed. However if you are not entirely satisfied with your purchase. You may return the books promptly for a full refund of the invoice value. We must insist you contact us immediately to let us know of your intentions

About the Seller

Chilton Books

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2004
Sudbury, Suffolk

About Chilton Books

Chilton Books are secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Established in 2017 we sell all kinds of antiquarian and second-hand books. We have around 16,000 books on-line and still more titles on-site. We are principally mail order and internet traders without a high street shop front, but visitors are welcome to see our stock housed in a large purpose built store room. We are situated on the outskirts of the old town of Sudbury in the Suffolk Countryside. Please call first.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Folio
A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
tracking-