Annals Of A Fishing Village..
Original pictorial cloth gilt. Light wear to cloth boards.
£95.00
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons,,
Date
1891..
Synopsis
Drawn from the notes of 'a son of the marshes' edited by j.a.owen
Item Description
|First Edition, 8vo., viii + [1] + 289 pp. + 24 pp. advertisements at end. Illustrated with six plates.
Notes
An interesting snapshot of life in the north Kent marshes as it was a hundred years ago, the manners and customs of the marshmen are well described and even the dialect is recorded. The tale centers around Milton Regis, or Marshton as it is disguised. Very scarce.
[Stock No. 19056]
