Cecil T. Davis; Edith Brill; Peter Turner; David Verey; Reverend F. E. Witts; Joan Johnson
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
Bath , Kingsmead Reprints , 1969-1980. First edition. Cloth. 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&apos. 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&apos. Dust wrappers are very smart, with only light edge wear to 'Stow', 'Churches' and 'Diary&apos. With sunning to the wrap of 'Minor Pleasures&apos. Handling marks and a small closed tear to the wrap of 'Monumental Brasses&apos. internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Keywords: The Cotswolds British History Illustrated History British History Not Stated