Balgarnie's Salt: With Commentary and Additions by Barlo and Shaw

BALGARNIE'S SALT Rev Robert Balgarnie with Commentary and Additions by Barlo & Shaw. Nemine Juvante (Saltaire) Publications, Saltaire. 2003 First Thus ISBN 9780954584009 372pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in mint unread condition bound in illustrated laminated boards, a dust wrapper is not called for. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. In the months following the death of Sir Titus Salt in 1876, Rev. Robert Balgarnie wrote a biography of Sir Titus, the founder of Saltaire, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Balgarnie’s book is the only contemporary biography of Salt, written as it was by an author who was for more than 20 years a close friend of the Salt family. Copies of the book have become much sought-after collectors’ items, unavailable to most would-be readers. To commemorate the bicentenary of Sir Titus’ birth and the 150th anniversary of the opening of his mill at Saltaire, and to bring the work to the 21st century reader, Balgarnie’s book is now made available once more. Writers Barlo and Shaw have faithfully reproduced the original text, adding footnotes of commentary, appendices, additional illustrations, and incorporating much newly researched, previously unpublished information. With a foreword written by Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the result is essential reading for all those seeking to learn more about the life and times of Sir Titus Salt and Saltaire. Ref QQ3.