Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland

Description:

Second edition (published in the same year as the first edition). Includes observations by the Rev. John Christopher Atkinson (1814-1900) on the folklore, archaeology, geology, history, local customs, ornithology and natural history of the parish of Danby, North Yorkshire, where he served as vicar for forty years.

Condition

8vo, orig. cloth, gilt title to spine, front inner hinge cracked but firm, slight foxing to first few leaves, closed tear to top edge of folding map, neatly repaired with archival tape. Previous owner's signature to verso of free endpaper. Good.