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KILVERT'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)

by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer

Published by Jonathan Cape. 1980

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.

Reprint of the 1977 edition. A very respectable set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor marks.

ISBN: 0224012991
Stock no. 1830294

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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

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