Second Hand Local History, Country Life & Traditional Crafts
Rural memoirs, village history, heritage guides and traditional skills
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Condition
Mixed-use condition, conservatively graded Acceptable overall. Visible faults include tanning, foxing/spotting, shelf wear, rubbing, scuffing, creasing, worn corners and spine edges, and tears or chipping to some dust jackets.
Akenfield has pronounced spine creasing and edge wear. Reminiscences of Bolton has substantial spotting to its blue cover. View North has a library classification label and a worn protective covering. The jacket of Fragrance and Flavour is browned and rubbed, and Village Records has visible jacket damage.
Dust jackets are present on several hardbacks; no missing jacket can be positively established from the photographs. Inscriptions and tape repairs cannot be confirmed from the supplied views.
The books have not been checked page by page. No claim is made that all pages are clean, complete or unmarked. Please examine all photographs carefully for contents and condition.
Details
General - Language : English
Paperback - Size : TBC
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A collection of 12 books and booklets exploring local history, country life, rural memoirs, traditional crafts, herbs and historic places. Includes guides to village records and county histories alongside illustrated books and personal recollections.
The bundle contains:
• Akenfield — Ronald Blythe.
• Village Records — John West.
• A Guide to English County Histories — edited by C. R. J. Currie and C. P. Lewis.
• View North: A Long Look at Northern England — Frederick Alderson.
• B. L. Coombes — Bill Jones and Chris Williams, from the Writers of Wales series.
• Henry — Elizabeth Yandell (“The Blister”), with drawings by Faith Jaques.
• Hay Days: Memories of Country Life in the 1920s — Fred Archer, with a foreword by Ronald Blythe.
• Fragrance and Flavour: The Growing and Use of Herbs — Rosemary Hemphill.
• Crafts: Today as Yesterday — photography and text by David Gibbon.
• Snowshill Manor — National Trust guidebook; individual author details are not visible.
• Reminiscences of Bolton — booklet; author details are not visible in the photographs.
• Old Sarum: Illustrated Guide — HMSO guidebook; individual author details are not visible.
Includes hardbacks, paperbacks and smaller guidebooks/booklets. No duplicate titles are apparent. Exact editions and publication dates have not been verified throughout.
Suitable for readers interested in British local and social history, rural life, memoirs, heritage and traditional occupations.
The books are offered together as one complete bundle only. Individual books will not be sold separately.
Stock reference: B07A.
