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Brook & Chrystal, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Remark. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to hinges, with exposed netting. Previous owner's inscriptions to fep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Tanning and foxing overall. Boards are slightly bowed with split to joints.

Brook & Chrystal, 1891. Binding split by title page.Covers worn and marked.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:

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Manchester: Brook & Chrystal, 1891. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". None. A first edition of this detailed account of the old English ecclesiastical festival of Rush-bearing. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, many in-text images, some of which are full-page and ten plates. Collated complete. A detailed account of the old English ecclesiastical festival of Rush-bearing in which rushes are collected and carried to be strewn on the floor of the parish church. The tradition was widespread in Britain from the Middle Ages and dates back to a time when most buildings had earthen floors and rushes were used as a form of renewable floor covering for cleanliness and insulation. The custom had fallen into decline by the beginning of the 19th century, as church floors were flagged with stone, but some villages in the north of England maintain this annual event. Written by Alfred Burton. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and bumping to… Read More

Manchester, UK: Brook and Chrystal, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1891, First Edition. Limited edition, this is copy 349 of 500. Hardcover, 4to., tan cloth, ruled in black and gilt, 189 pp., illustrated. Very Good. Clean text. Boards lightly worn at corners and spine ends; faint discoloration as well. Front outer hinge has been neatly strengthened. Previous owner's signature on the fly leaf. Book now housed in a mylar sleeve. Digital images available upon request.

Manchester: Brook & Chrystal, 1891. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly dusty unmarked boards, sunning to spine and minor bumping/rubbing to spine ends and lower front corner. Top edge gilt. 189pp. Limited Edition no 324 of 500. The history of Rush-bearing and Rush-carts - a long established custom throughout Great Britain which by the late nineteenth century was mainly practised in the hill districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Well illustrated with photographs and diagrams, many of these being of Uppermill near Oldham.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9.75 x 7.5 inches.

Brook & Chrystal, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Clean text, sound binding.