JERSEY Place Names A Corpus of Jersey Toponymy. Volume I The Dictionary Volume II The Maps Collected, amended and edited by Charles Stevens, Collette Stevens, Jean Arthur and Joan Stevens Revised by Frank Le Maistre [In Two Volumes Complete DELUXE EDITION Publisher s Half Leather Binding in Original Slipcase]

Charles Stevens, Collette Stevens, Jean Arthur and Joan Stevens Revised by Frank Le Maistre

Published by Société Jersiaise., 1986

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Jersey: Société Jersiaise, 1986, two volume DELUXE NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION in half leather with cloth boards, No 108 of an edition of 150. Volume 1 is The Dictionary, Volume 2 The Maps, collated and complete in the original slipcase. With an advert page loosely inserted to the front of Volume I. With marks and wear to the slipcase and less so to the two volumes. On thread of cloth coming loose to the front of Vol II. A silk marker loosely inserted. Rare Deluxe Edition. These scholarly volumes are the result of thirty years work by three dedicated researchers, Charles Stevens, his wife Joan Stevens, and Jean Arthur. The authors have, in addition, enjoyed the assistance and advice of Dr Frank Le Maistre who has subjected the manuscript to minute and searching scrutiny. Volume I, the dictionary, is a comprehensive catalogue of the place names in which are explained their origins, deviations, earliest known occurrences and changes in orthography, followed by a detailed gazetteer of their use in the island. There are about twelve thousand fields in Jersey and their names and those of innumerable other localities and features dealt with in this important study have historical associations spanning many centuries. The sources used in compiling the dictionary are numerous; a great many entries have been culled from the helpful owners of properties visited and many other from unpublished manuscript material dating back to the fifteenth century and before. Earlier sources found in learned publications have been used, and all are included in the extensive list of references. The forty-one maps in Volume II, locating where possible names listed in Volume I, have been reproduced from large-scale hand-drawn copies of the States Official Survey. Seldom has so extensive an area been recorded in such detail. Provenance: no inscription or bookplates. Approximately 16 inches tall by 12½ inches wide with folding coloured maps to volume 2. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition minor marks, gilt titles. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition gently rubbed. Boards very good condition cloth and leather boards, minor rubbing and wear, one thread of cloth coming loss to Vol II. Slipcase good condition worn, marked and rubbed. Page edges very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs very good condition. End papers very good condition. Title very good condition. Pages very good condition. Binding very good condition. See photos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1685999514193

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Title: JERSEY Place Names A Corpus of Jersey ...

Publisher: Société Jersiaise.

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Limited Edition