The Diary of a Country Parson.
de WOODFORDE, James
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First edition.
8vo., 5 volumes, handsomely bound by Douglas Cockerell & Son in lime green morocco backed marbled paper boards with vellum tips, lettered in gilt on spines. A very attractively bound set.
Loosely inserted in the original invoice for the binding on Douglas Cockerell & Son headed paper, dated 20 September 1977. The total cost coming to £177.24 including VAT and postage. Also included is a 1982 invoice from Charles Traylen Booksellers to fellow bookdealer Claude Cox for £215.00. Each volume with Claude Cox's bookplate.
"The world in which Parson Woodforde lived was tumultuous to say the least. Yet while the French Revolution and the American War of Independence shook and changed the world, this kindly country priest fills the pages of his diary with the ordinariness of his life, firstly in a Somerset parish and then in rural Norfolk. He accords no more importance to the Fall of the Bastille than to the extra large crab he buys from a local fisherman or the cost of ribbons for his niece's hats. Particularly vivid are the descriptions of the gargantuan meals he enjoys with friends and neighbours, his remedies for ailments, his descriptions of East Anglian winters, his modest but unfailing generosity to the poor and his enthusiasm for local gossip. Parson Woodforde's diary provides an extraordinary portrait of life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its place among the classics of English literature."
8vo., 5 volumes, handsomely bound by Douglas Cockerell & Son in lime green morocco backed marbled paper boards with vellum tips, lettered in gilt on spines. A very attractively bound set.
Loosely inserted in the original invoice for the binding on Douglas Cockerell & Son headed paper, dated 20 September 1977. The total cost coming to £177.24 including VAT and postage. Also included is a 1982 invoice from Charles Traylen Booksellers to fellow bookdealer Claude Cox for £215.00. Each volume with Claude Cox's bookplate.
"The world in which Parson Woodforde lived was tumultuous to say the least. Yet while the French Revolution and the American War of Independence shook and changed the world, this kindly country priest fills the pages of his diary with the ordinariness of his life, firstly in a Somerset parish and then in rural Norfolk. He accords no more importance to the Fall of the Bastille than to the extra large crab he buys from a local fisherman or the cost of ribbons for his niece's hats. Particularly vivid are the descriptions of the gargantuan meals he enjoys with friends and neighbours, his remedies for ailments, his descriptions of East Anglian winters, his modest but unfailing generosity to the poor and his enthusiasm for local gossip. Parson Woodforde's diary provides an extraordinary portrait of life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its place among the classics of English literature."
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- Librería
- G. Heywood Hill Ltd (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 36351
- Título
- The Diary of a Country Parson.
- Autor
- WOODFORDE, James
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Humphry Milford. OUP
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1924
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- 0.00 libras
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- Fine Binding
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