The English Farm Wagon. Origins and Structure

Jenkins, J. Geraint (Dr John Geraint Jenkins)

ISBN 10: 071535664X / ISBN 13: 9780715356647

Published by David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1972

About this Item

First published in 1961, this is a new and enlarged edition of 1972. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, not price clipped (£3.50), previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 250pp, illustrated. For about two hundred years a village made four wheeled vehicle, called a wagon to distinguish it from the cart with only two wheels, was a common sight in many parts of the English countryside. It was used for carrying the hay and corn harvest from the fields and for transporting grain and other produce to market. Factory made boat and barge wagons had appeared, but the village wheelwrights built their wagons to last more than one farmer's lifetime and it is some tribute to their craftsmanship that the author of this book was able to find examples of traditional wagons in every district of the country in which they had been used. This book is based on a survey of nearly 600 wagons. Dr John Geraint Jenkins (1929-2009), expert on country crafts and life, took up his first museum post at Leicester in 1952, moving soon afterwards to the Museum of English Rural Life at Reading where he undertook the research that led to this, his first major publication.

Seller Inventory # 005864

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English Farm Wagon. Origins and Structure
• Publisher: David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071535664X
• ISBN 13: 9780715356647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Physical description: xii, 250 pages : illustrations : maps : 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Wagons; England History; Carriage and wagon making; Transportation Great Britain History; England; English farm wagons; Construction, to 1960.