Rev Charles Girdlestone (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. 2 volumes, fine full leather, with chipped leather labels. Front hinges barely starting. Marbled edges and boards. Gilt decorated spines. Heraldic bookplate of Edward Moore, previous owner's name on title pages. Additional 1893 gift inscription at top of title page. Interspersed sections of scripture with relevant lectures. Rev. Girdlestone is author of "Seven Sermons preached during the prevalence of Cholera in the Parish of Sedgley, together with a narrative of this awful visitation, and of the Religious Impression Produced in the South of Stafford Mining District, with a map of the districts". A "forward looking vicar" of Victorian England, in 1843?4 he was one of the earliest supporters of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrial Classes, and in 1845 he published twelve ?Letters on the Unhealthy Condition of the Lower Class of Dwellings,? founded on the official reports recently issued by the poor law commissioners and the health of towns commission. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set it is not available for expedited delivery; extra charges may apply for international shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy in half bound brown leather, with marbled boards, gold gilt lettering and raised bands to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 712pp. Not library copy, name and date of 1837 in ink to second endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and pages throughout. (27/4). …