Book Details
| Author: | Bradbury, Edward ("Strephon"): |
| Title: | Pilgrimages in the Peak: Derbyshire Essays. |
| Published: | Buxton: J.C. Bates "Advertiser" Office, 1879. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 10 - Travel and Topography |
| Description: | Second edition. viii, 146 pp + 22 pp (opinions of the press). Composed of papers reprinted from 'London Society, Temple Bar, Cassell's Magazine, Our Native Land, The Magazine of Art and The Sheffield Daily Telegraph telling of the author's wanderings in his beloved peak district. It is full of vivid descriptions of Derbyshire scenery. Contents include: The Story of Dorothy Vernon, A Visit to Via Gellia, Up the Derbyshire Wye, Two Views of Matlock, Through the Peak on the Engine of the Express, By the Banks of the Dove, A Shoemaker's Holiday, Our Week at Buxton. Previous owner's inscription on ffep dated 1898. Contents detaching from boards at title page and rear ep. Text clean. Paste on oval illustration of Haddon Hall on front cover. Faded gilt lettering on front board and spine. Boards and spine patchily faded. Top and bottom of spine and corners rubbed. Overall condition Good. |
| Book Number: | #7742 |
| Price: | € 50.00 |
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