An
Old Coachman's Chatter, with some Practical Remarks on Driving
Edward
Corbett
Published by Richard
Bentley & Son, London, 1891
Second edition, no ISBN
This is an ex-library
book once held in the City of Oxford Reference Library, with the usual stamps
on the paste-downs front and back. It also spent time before that in service to
the Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence in Oxford during the Second
World War. The WVS stamp, including address and telephone numbers, appears in
several places throughout the book.
The title belies what
lies within: eleven chapters chatting about different aspects of driving
horse-drawn coaches, with an appendix listing which mail coaches operated out
of London and other places.
The book (15cm x 23cm)
is in good condition considering its age. Corners and spine edges are bumped
and frayed. The eight full-page illustrations are slightly tanned including the
tissue sleeves. The 304 pages are rough cut, with cracks in the internal front
and back hinges but the spine remains otherwise intact.
For sale by Priory Books, Warwickshire County Record Office's secondhand bookshop
An Old Coachman's Chatter, with some Practical Remarks on Driving - Used
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