 Author Name: BURRITT, Elihu
Title: WALKS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY AND ITS GREEN BORDERLAND
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Kineton, U.K Roundwood Press 1976
ISBN Number: 090009348X / 9780900093487
Seller ID: 6442
Book in near fine condition. On front free endpaper previous owner's address label and signature, and on inside back board written in ink at bottom edge "13.12.82 M.C.L." Otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition. xix, 240pp, including index. With frontispiece and 10 black-and-white photographs. Burritt was American Consul in Birmignham in the 1860s. He describes the social and industrial environment of the Midlands as it was in the latter half of the 19th century, ranging from a detailed picture of the huge glass works of Chance at Spon Lane, to descriptions of the cottage industry of nail making at Halesowen. It also gives an insight into the non-industrial history and development of the towns and cities through which he passed, and he finally deals with the countryside itself, presenting a description of the green borderland as it was when he walked it in the 1860s. First published in 1869. With a foreword by Vivian Bird for this new edition. (8¾"h x 5¾"w) (22cms x 14.5cms) approx.
Topography Black Country Birmingham John Baskerville James Watt Matthew Boulton David Cox Rowland Hill Penny Post Joseph Sturge Rev. John Angell James King Edward's School Dudley Stourbridge Hagley Wrekin willenhall Brick-making Nailt Trade Shenstone Leasowes Tong Castle Boscobel Charles's Oak Chance Glass Works Enville Gardens Lickey Hills Redditch Needle industry Smethwick Oldbury West Bromwich Wednesbury Tipton Walsall Chartley Coventry Kenilworth Warwick Castle leamington Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare
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