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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust jacket. First Edition. ISBN 0391003143. Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Ex-library with stamps on front end paper and copyright page; rest of book is clean. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dust jacket with minor wear to corners and edges; minor rubs; slight spine fade; Good condition. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Three black and white text illustrations: a map showing Parish boundaries of Lincoln 1661, a map of Lincoln 1722, and a black and white photographic illustration of 10 Minster Yard. First impression of the true first edition. ***A near fine copy in cream cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with a small neat owner's name in fountain-pen ink to the top of the front free endpaper. No creases or tears. Pages white and bright - printed on nice quality paper. ***In a near fine cream-coloured and black printed dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is complete, with no discernible faults, other than slight creasing to the top edge of the back panel. No other creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright and crisp. ***Lxxx (53) page introduction, plus 257 pages including appendix, glossary, and detailed Indexes of persons, places and subjects at the back of the book. 242mm x 164mm. ***Contents: Introduction: I: The inventories; II: Lincoln City 1661-1714; III: Occupations and professions; IV: Selection and Organisation of the printed inventories; V: Farmers, gardeners, millers, bakers, confectioners, malsters, brewers, joiners, timber merchants, fishermen; VI: Butchers, tanners, glovers, cordwainers, sellers of horse and animal gear, minor leather workers; VII: Wool merchants, wavers, dyers, tailors, bodice makers, upholsterers, woollen drapers, linen drapers, mercers; VIII: Brick and tile makers, blacksmiths, whitesmiths, pewterers, plumbers, glaziers, goldsmiths; IX: The professions and their ancillaries: clergy, Steward of the Choristers, musicians, physicians, surgeons; X: Services: inn, alehouse and coffee house keepers, barbers, chapmen and watermen, booksellers and miscellaneous; XI: Social groups: gentlemen, aldermen, yeomen, labourers, men, widows, spinsters, women; XII: Houses and their furnishings; XIII: Appraisers and their valuations; Printed Inventories; Appendix I: The population of Lincoln 1642-1721. ***The first impression of the true first edition in its original fine dustwrapper, nicely produced and printed using quality cream acid-free paper and cream boards. ***Fascinating and detailed social history of Lincoln citizens during 1661-1714 using probate inventories as primary sources, with a very detailed, scholarly introduction regarding the various social strata. Includes translation of old English words e.g. Fusticke (source of orange, brown and yellow dyes to explain the individual probate inventories such as Katterne Sewell Widow (Dyer) 9.8.1664 and what she left in the Warehouse: Two tunn of Wadd, 3 hundred weight of fusticke, 2 hundred and hafe of redd wood, 2 hundred of Allam, halfe hundred of Logwood, 2 hundred of Copras, 7 hundred of Madder, One parcell of Argell, Galbs, Indigoe, Brasill, Barkes and Woodwash (pages 8-9); Benjamin Marshall, Mercer 18.1. 1665: His purse and apparell, Five gold rings, Gold and money in the houose, Silver plate, burnt Silver and broken solver one hundred fiftie Two-ounce weight; In the Greate Chambre: Sixteen covered chayrs, Also one bedstead with a featherbed, curtans, vallence rug and bedding, A fire-grate, Edirons, Tongs, fire shovell, Two Tables and Carpetts a Suit of Stript; Hangings: A Looking Glass, A Skreen, A Picture and Armes et al (Page 9) ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Papered boards with color illustration on front and back covers. Minor wear at extremities; some soiling to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. pp. 71, [1]. Includes the first appearance of T.S. Eliot's ''Doris' Dream Songs''. Published by The Poetry Bookshop, Bloomsbury. Literary contributions by Richard Aldington, Alec Brown, Padraic Colum, Frances Cornford, Camilla Doyle, T.S. Eliot, Eleanor Farjeon, John Gould Fletcher, Edward Johnston, R.A.K. Mason, Susan Miles, Harold Monro, Paul Nash, J. Nishiwaki, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Anna Wickham, and Humbert Wolfe. Illustrations by John Nash, E. McKnight Kauffer, Albert Rutherston, Terence Prentis, Eric Daglsih, Theo Scharf, and Rene Ben Sussan. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd edition. 397 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.