World of William Wickham Tapa dura - 1981

Hardback. Very Good.

Havant: Pallant Press, 1981. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Biography and Photography of a remarkable Victorian. A very good copy in very good dustwrapper with small repaired tear.

Havant: Ian Harrap, 1981. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 119pp. Biography of William Wickham, born in 1849 who was a vicar and an early pioneer photographer with associations with Lichfield, Wigan and Suffolk.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.

The Pallant Press, 1981. 0950714100. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 119, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

Havant, Hampshire: Pallant Press, 1981. NrF/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, KENNETH WARD, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Profusely illustrated wth photographs. The biography of Reverend William Arthur Wickham (1849-1929), clergyman, vicar to St Andrew's Parish church, Wigan, and photographer. Light bruising to head and tail of spine; faint spotting to top-edge; d/w has some sunning to spine; d/w has minor wear to head of spine, with a short edge tear (5mm); else a near fine copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, KENNETH WARD. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author, Kenneth Ward. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

Great Britain: The Pallant Press, 1981. Hardback. First Edition. The World of William Wickham. Signed by the author to title page. When the three surviving daughters of William Arthur Wickham, who was born in 1849, contacted Kenneth Ward, the author of this fasincating book, with regard to their father's photographic work, he discovered that a part of England's social history had been recorded on sets of glass plates stored away for a century. Contents: Introduction. William Arthur Wickham: Trowbridge to Wigan - 1849 - 1879. The Wigan of Mr. Wickham. The Building Vicar. Photography and Mr. Wickham. The Lantern Shows. Marriage and Family Background. Honeymoon in Switzerland: 1892. Coal-Mining and the Coal Strikes. The St. Andrew's Parish Magazine. Family Life at Wigan. Duties and Diversions. Wigan to Ampton. Life at Ampton. Illustrated. 119 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern… Leer más

Havant : Published by Ian Harrap at the Pallant Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by author. Physical description; viii, 119 p. : ill., 1 facsim., ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Wickham, William Arthur (1849-1929) photographer. Church of England - Clergy - Biography. Clergy - England - Biography. English photography - Wickham, William - Biographies. Photographers. Social history. Genres; Biographies. Illustrated.

Imprint unknown, 1981-01. Hardcover. Good.