INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters
Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck
Published by The Chepstow Society
in 1949
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828854
1st.
1949.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top corner of boards bumped. top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & endpapers browned with some foxing. Grubby finger marks to page 14. The list of Chepstow Inns and their Landlords has some marked with a biro 'x' next to the name. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and edge-worn.
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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 2135503
1st.
1949.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". Some fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Fold-out plan is very good. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine and a couple of edges; a little creasing.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Inn Names
- The Innkeeper
- Traveller's Rest
- Travellers on the Move
- Sporting Inns
- Fun and Games
- Landlord's Worries
- Club Rooms
- Market Inns
- Meeting Place
- Food and Drink
- Some Local Inns
- Inns and Coach Routers, 1835
- Bibliography
- Chepstow Inns and Their Landlords
- Index