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STORIES OF INNS AND THEIR SIGNS

Written by Eric R. Delderfield
Published by David & Charles in 1974
ISBN: 0715362496

STORIES OF INNS AND THEIR SIGNS
Written by Eric R. Delderfield.
Stock no. 653161
1st. 1974. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0715362496. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper.

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Cover of STORIES OF INNS AND THEIR SIGNS by Eric R. Delderfield

Contents

  • PREFACE
  • PART 1. STORIES OF INNS
  • PART 2. CATEGORIES OF SIGNS
  • Religious
  • Royal and Heraldic
  • Politicians and Others
  • Travel and Transport
  • Naval and Military
  • Trades and Callings
  • Agricultural and Countryside
  • Animals, Birds, Fish and Reptiles
  • Traditional and Local Associations
  • Sporting
  • Humorous and Punning Signs
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Musical Instruments
  • The World of Literature
  • Not What They Seem
  • Largest and Smallest
  • Some New Names and Modern Buildings
  • And Still They Come
  • PART 3. AND ASSOCIATED WITH INNS
  • The Story of the Cogers
  • The British Pub Invades the Continent and the New World
  • The Sign Painters
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF INNS