KILVERT'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Kilvert, William Plomer
Published by Jonathan Cape
in 1960
ISBN: 0224012991
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KILVERT'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Kilvert, William Plomer.
Stock no. 1830294
1980.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Chosen and Edited by William Plomer. Three volumes. Green cloth spine with gilt titles, beige marbled effect boards. B/w photos. Top edges green. ISBN: 0224012991. Reprint of the 1977 edition. A very respectable set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor marks.
Front cover
Contents
- Volume One
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 The Crystal Palace
- 2 Round about Clyro
- 3 The Lackadaisical Mr Welby
- 4 Croquet and archery
- 5 A Ticket for Truro
- 6 Forbach and Woerth
- 7 An Unfortunate Boy
- 8 Tales of the Black Mountain
- 9 Miserable News from Paris
- 10 The Vicar of Glascwm
- 11 School inspection
- Volume Two
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 'It began with a lass and it will end with a lass'
- 2 An attempted lynching
- 3 The ball at Clifford Priory
- 4 Salmon fishing
- 5 Weston-super-Mare
- 6 Local memories
- 7 To Clyro again
- 8 Church Congress at Bath
- 9 The handsome dragoon
- Volume Three
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 A veteran of the Franco-Prussian War
- 2 Frederick Kilvert's wedding
- 3 Trees in winter
- 4 A bereaved mother
- 5 The mate of the Phoenix
- 6 Kilvert as Vicar of Bredwardine
- 7 Moccas
- Appendix Clyro water