Vintage, illustrated collection of essays and poems on the local history and topography of Yorkshire. Written by Bradford born author Alfred J. Brown (1894-1969). Illustrated with black and white photographs.:
Broad Acres A Yorkshire Miscellany
by Alfred J. Brown
Published by Country Life Limited in 1948. First edition.
Contents: Broad Acres; Moorland farms; Ixiom on Whernside; Green roads; the Pinnyman; Pedlars on Dead Man's Hill; Adventures with St. Anthony; Coverdale to Colsterdale; Village Inns; Raydaleside; The Ramblers Had their Tea; In Goathland-Dale; Ham and Eggs; In Whisperdales; A Swarm of Flies; The Way of the Watersheds; The Unchanging Dales; In Praise of Maps; The Metcalfes of Nappa and the Siege of Raydale; Keld; Two Ladies; Halliwell Sutcliffe; The Land of Nod; Any Port in a Storm; Watching Yorkshire and Yorkshire in Literature.
Hardback, 210 pages, 19 cm by 25.5 cm.
Good conditionDust jacket present but tatty with some loss and tears. Minor marks and wear to the cover. . Binding intact. Small amount of writing on the endpapers. The endpapers are browning. Very occasional marks on the inner pages.
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