Ghosts at Cockcrow - Hardcover

GHOSTS AT COCKCROW: A CHRONICLE OF EASTCLIFF IN THE WEST RIDING IN THE COUNTY OF YORK IN THE YEARS 1734 TO 1737.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. [x], 370. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine. Illustrated dust jacket lettered in silver and black on upper cover and in silver and white on spine. ISBN 1857561104 The author's own copy inscribed on front free endpaper, 'Own copy June Barraclough.' Typed signed letter from Laura Longrigg copied to Jennifer Kavanagh written on headed notepaper from William Heinemann Ltd , Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW3 6RB dated 18th July 1990 consisting of about 615 words in which she gives critical suggestions regarding the book at this point with the title 'Seasons of Love' - she is concerned that the characters are somewhat weak and fears the plot is not wholly convincing but finds 'the details about religious and superstitious beliefs - the herbal remedies, the witchcraft, the old wives' tales - rivetting; what a lot of fascinating research you must have done.' A few of Barraclough's handwritten notes on the letter. Halifax Antiquarian Society Coley Hall offprint written by Rowland Bretton 2nd December 1969 loosely inserted. 8vo. pp. 99-107, [iii] blank. Two illustrations. Stapled. Unbound. Photocopies of a review of the book and an article concerning Jethro Tull, pioneer of tillage and several newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. Typed record from the Yorks Archaeological Journal about the location of the hamlet of Barraclough loosely inserted. June Barraclough (1930-2006) was born and brought up at Brighouse, Yorkshire. A feminist and a teacher of languages and literature she became a romantic novelist at the age of 55. She married the writer and BBC producer David Wedgwood Benn in 1959. About fine. About fine. Signedes. Artikel-Nr. C69944

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