Southwold River: Georgian Life in the Blyth Valley (SIGNED COPY)
by Rachel Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 086055144X
- ISBN 13
- 9780860551447
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Suffolk Books / Wheaton Publishers Ltd, Exeter, Devon, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Signed by Author. Titles, contents, list of illustrations & list of subscribers to front, signed & dated by the author to fep. Based entirely on original records, this book relates the story of a thriving community of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries The people of the Blyth Valley built their hopes around a revived coastal port and a newly created commercial waterway. Through the individual stories of landowners, merchants and professional men, the book examines the effects of the economic and social changes on the communities of Southwold, Halesworth and the surrounding area. As she tells the story of the river valley, Rachel Lawrence reveals much about the lives of its inhabitants and the qualities of character which shaped the course of their history - their achievements and failures and the significance of each event in the community at large. Her narrative guides the reader through a period rich in detail, drawing together the various strands into an absorbing history of this charming corner of Suffolk. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 150. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing to page top edges. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's address sticker to fep.. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. maps & photo's.. Includes tables, references, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Suffolk; East Anglia; River Blyth; England; 18th & 19th centuries; History. Signed by Author. ISBN: 086055144X. ISBN/EAN: 9780860551447. Inventory No: 4827. . 9780860551447
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4827
- Title
- Southwold River: Georgian Life in the Blyth Valley (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Rachel Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 086055144X
- ISBN 13
- 9780860551447
- Publisher
- Suffolk Books / Wheaton Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Exeter, Devon
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Genealogy & Local History/History/Suffolk/East Anglia/River Blyth/Southwold Genealogy & Local History; Suffolk; East Anglia; River Blyth; England; 18th & 19th centuries; History. Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 086055144X EAN: 97808
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