Levon Shirley (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A handsome and well illustrated volume. The twelve letters at the heart of this book were written in the early 1770s by Esther Milnes, widow of a leading Wakefield merchant. She was writing to another Esther Milnes, her husband's relative, a young heiress without immediate family.They present a female perspective on the influential dissenting communities in Wakefield, Sheffield, Chesterfield & Manchester. 125pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine new copy. John Smeaton considered the first British civil engineer, kept a Journal from 1760 to 1763 detailing the early years of construction of the navigation of the River Calder beyond Wakefield. The volume explores the background using primary source material. 228pp illustrated and with colour fold-out plan.…