Pride of Tigers, A: A Fen Famliy and Its Fortunes Tapa dura - 1992

Paperback. Very Good.

Boydell Press, 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780851153209

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good condition. Dust jacket is a little edge-worn and marked. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Slight wear on upper leading corners of jacket. Contents are clean and clear. AF. Good/Good. Used.

The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Ewart Oakeshott. Sybil Marshall was born in 1913 in one of the lowest and most isolated of the black fens in what was then Huntingdonshire. Apart from the Welsh blacksmith who arrived in Ramsey in about 1750 and founded the tribe of 'Etherdses' there, all her antecedents except one can be traced to within a few miles of Ramsey, back at least to the beginning of the 18th century. She can, and does, claim to be a genuine fen tiger, one of the few still left of this endangered species. Being, as she puts it, 'an afterthought' in her immediate family, 'all eyes and ears', she grew up from babyhood looking and listening, absorbing and remembering. Fen tigers are inured to hardship and disappointment, but they rarely grumble and never give up; even so, Sybil considers herself especially blessed in being one of Will 'Ens' children - part of… Leer más

Good for age in chipped, bumped and marked dustjacket. Price clipped and replaced with publisher's price sticker. Some pencil notes by a previous owner inside rear board. Signed by the author on the title page :- Sybil Marshall. at Ely. 26th October 1992.