The Troutbeck Parish Magazine. January 1888 - December 1888

Language: English

Published by London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co; 2, Paternoster Buildings, . [1888.]

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First edition. Octavo, 219mm. Physical description, [3] iv, 1-24, -12-20. Twelve monthly issues, with articles, short Sermons and Poetry. Illustrated with woodcut engravings throughout. Contents clean and generally bright. Each monthly issue is bound in light green paper wrappers with the Title, Month, and Price on the recto of the upper wrapper, the verso contains information regarding the Church, Births, Deaths, Marriages etc; and other notices relevant to the Parish of Troutbeck The verso and the recto and verso of the lower wrappers contain similar details. Dark blue sand grain cloth backed boards, soiled and rubbed, the spine with the title - Parish Magazine 1888, in gilt letters. Yellow endpapers. Overall, a rare and near very good copy. John Erskine Clarke (1827-1920) was a British clergyman who started the world's first commercial parish magazine inset, named Parish Magazine, in January 1859. He edited the contents, the monthly issues were then sent to parishes in Great Britain and the local Vicar arranged for the printing of the wrappers, addition of the local notes and binding of the wrappers, in this case Charles Gale Townley, the perpetual curate of Troutbeck 1882-1893. He was a man of local distinction as successor to the Townhead estate at Staveley, which had been bought by his great-uncle, William Townley (1770-1854.) The Library Hub Discover (on-line 9/2024) does not trace any copies. However, the Cumbria Record Office, Kendal hold very much later copies - WPR/62: Troutbeck, 1915-41.…

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Title
The Troutbeck Parish Magazine. January 1888 - December 1888
Author
CLARKE, John Erskine / TOWNLEY, Charles Gale.
Publisher
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co; 2, Paternoster Buildings, . [1888.]
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English

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