Book Details
| Author: | Gibbs, J. Arthur: |
| Title: | A Cotswold Village - Or Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire. |
| Published: | London: John Murray, 1900. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 10 - Travel and Topography |
| Description: | Second edition, fourth impression. With illustrations. xx, 431 pp. Frontispiece - tissue-guarded portrait of J. Arthur gibbs, & 15 other full page plates. 21 smaller illustrations in text. The author wishes to record the simple annals of a quiet, old-fashioned Gloucestershire hamlet and the surrounding countryside including village characters, language of the Cotswolds, ancient songs and legends, a Cotswold trout stream, Burford - a Cotswold town, Cotswold pastimes, Cirencester, & the changing seasons in the Cotswolds. Spots of foxing on eps, on prelims and intermittently in text mainly confined to vicinity of plates. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Front hinge cracked. Red cloth boards with faded gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Front edge untrimmed. Spine patchily faded. Top of spine rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Boards patchily faded in spots. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #4677 |
| Price: | € 20.00 |
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