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The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire; The Minor Pleasures of Cotswold; Cotswold Churches; The Diary of a Cotswold Parson; Stow on the Wold: A History of a Cotswold Town
1969rif. 931Y34Bath : Kingsmead Reprints 1969-1980. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very pleasing selection of volumes that explore the fascinating histories of the Cotswolds. A bright collection of five works each exploring various areas of the Cotswolds' history including its architecture and churches monumental brasses and the diary entries of a parson that sheds fascinating light on the period between 1820-1852. Three volumes are first editions. 'Monumental Brasses' is a facsimile edition and 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson' is a second printing published the year after the first.With monochrome illustrations from photographs throughout each volume. With many full-page and in-text to 'Monumental Brasses'; sixteen plates to 'Minor Pleasures'; fourteen plates to 'Churches'; frontispiece and fourteen plates to 'Diary' and fourteen plates to 'Stow'. Collated complete. Containing the following works:'The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire' by Cecil T. Davis 1969 - Originally published in 1899. 'The Minor Pleasures of Cotswold' by Edith Brill and Peter Turner 1971 'Cotswold Churches' by David Verey 1976 'The Diary of a Cotswold Parson' i.e. Reverend F. E. Witts 1783-1854. Edited by David Verey 1979'Stow on the Wold: A History of a Cotswold Town' by Joan Johnson 1980 In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers 'Diary' and 'Brasses' being unclipped and the remainder of the set being price-clipped. Externally very smart with only slight signs of shelf wear most notable to 'Minor Pleasures'. Dust wrappers are very smart with only light edge wear to 'Stow' 'Churches' and 'Diary'. With sunning to the wrap of 'Minor Pleasures'. Handling marks and a small closed tear to the wrap of 'Monumental Brasses'. internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine Kingsmead Reprints hardcover
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