Sir R. W. [Richard Walter] Essex 

Published by The Epworth Press, London, 1926

First edition - No ISBN

Sir Essex was an ex-MP for the Cirencester Division and had been living in Bourton-on-the Water when he wrote Cotswold Saints, his first novel. He was very familiar with - and evidently quite fond of - the area and its inhabitants. Below is an extract from a review in the year the novel was published: 

 'The author's long association with the Cotswold country [...] has evidently resulted in an affectionate appreciation' and he 'has a warm place in his heart for Cotswold folk, and some of the best pages of the book are those where we are in the company of just ordinary Cotswold working people.' 

Gloucestershire Echo, Tuesday, 31 August 1926, online at The British Newspaper Archive

Hardcover in green cloth with gold titling on the spine, 272 pp.,  (12.5 x 19 cm). Cover and corners have bumping and fraying on edges, ageing to text block, with very little foxing. Inside there is minor foxing, with some cracking to the spine in places, but overall the spine is very much intact. 

 For sale by Priory Books, Warwickshire County Record Office's secondhand bookshop