RYE, Walter (1843-1929). Tourist’s Guide To The County of Norfolk… (1892). RARE.

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RYE, Walter (1843-1929). Tourist’s Guide To The County of Norfolk With Some Preliminary Remarks as to its Natives, their Names, Superstitions and Peculiarities. 1 folding map, 1 folding plan. 8vo. London: Edward Stanford, 1892.

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RYE, Walter (1843-1929).  Tourist’s Guide To The County of Norfolk With Some Preliminary Remarks as to its Natives, their Names, Superstitions and Peculiarities. 

“Ghost stories, however, there are in abundance all over the county. Tharston Hall, for example, is said to have a shut-up haunted room; old Parson Solley once bound a ghost in an oak tree (now down) at Stratton St. Mary”.

[6], 128, [1]-32 pp. 1 folding map, 1 folding plan.

Interior: Pages age toned, occasional light spotting and light soiling, browning top endpapers and paste-downs, text block splitting in places, also general internal wear.

Exterior: Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt. (Diagonal crease on upper board- where board has been bent at some point, crease is also visible on reverse of front board too. Wear to cloth, fading and some staining).

8vo. London: Edward Stanford, 1892.

Please note that the walks/excursions are of their time- i.e. 1892! A fascinating read, very interesting period advertisements bound in at the rear.

RARE.

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Weight0.160 kg
Dimensions17 × 10.4 × 1.2 cm
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