The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder ..., New Plymouth in New Plymouth, Taranaki for sale

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Wear to ends of spine with 3/8"tears and chips to cloth. Hinges broken. Previous owner's inscription dated 1899 on front endpaper. Some foxing. Dampstain to blank margin of frontispiece and a few preliminary leaves. ; viii, 272 pages + frontispiece + 1 double page map + 1 plate + 1 folding pedigree chart of the family of Samilands of Calder Lords Torpichen. Red buckram cloth boards with gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 253 x 201mm. Top page edges gilt. In-text woodcut illustrations. Includes a section on Witchcraft in the Parish:"It has been said that the'Calder Witches'were at one time as proverbial in this country as the Lancashire witches in England"- page 31. Contents: Introductory Observations; The Parish; Calder House and the Lords Torpichen; County Seats and Historic Lands; The Parish Church; Ecclesiastical History; The Religious House of Torpichen; Appendix; Index. ; 4to
The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder with some account of the Religious House of Torphichen founded upon record (Books)
Author
Hardy Bertram M'Call
Title
The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder with some account of the Religious House of Torphichen founded upon record
Publisher name
Richard Cameron, Edinburgh
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1894
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d