The Romance Of The Shoe.
£25.00
Publisher
C. J. Farncombe and Sons, Ltd., 30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, E.C.4.
Place
London
Date
1922
Synopsis
Being the history of shoemaking in all ages, and especially in england and scotland. with 146 illustrations.
Item Description
8vo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. xvi + 323 pp. + [1] pp. publisher's advertisement. Bound in blue cloth, gilt. Boards sunned and discoloured, with wear at head and tail of spine. Front hinge just starting to crack, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by frontispiece and by 51 pages of black and white plates. A well illustrated history of footwear which, after opening accounts of ancient times, concentrates on Britain, with concluding chapters of the social aspects of shoemaking, machinery, anecdotes and the shoe in literature, etc. By Thomas Wright of Olney, schoolmaster, local historian and author of literary biographies (Olney and District History Society. The Life and Work of Thomas Wright (1859-1936) website).
[Stock No. 29502]
