Author: Charles Robert Ashbee
Title: The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games Hitherto Unpublished and Now Edited with a Study on the Old Time Sports of Campden and the Village Community of Weston
Description: Essex, Essex House Press, 1904. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this work written by the noted architect Charles Robert Ashbee. Limited edition numbered 47 of 75 copies issued. A scarce account of Gloucestershire by Robert Ashbee. Intended as a permanent account of a Cotswold community and its traditions. Ashbee recounts the final twenty-six years of the famous Cotswold games and old time sports of Campden and Weston. The Cotswold Olimpick games is an annual celebration of games and sports which began in 1612 and ran until 1852. The games were subsequently revived in 1963 and continue to this day. Written by the architect and designer Charles Robert Ashbee.  Ashbee was an important figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and worked in many mediums. A very smart copy of this scarce work. In a full buckram binding. Externally, smart. A few marks to the boards. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: Ashbee Costwold Olympicks Campden Costwold None


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