THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ORIGIN AND FORM OF ITS SURVIVALS IN BRITAIN

George Laurence Gomme (Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and Director of the Folklore Society)

Published by Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1890

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The Contemporary Science Series. First impression of the true first edition. With eighteen illustrations including four maps/plans in the text throughout, three of which are pull-out maps/plans. ***Very good in burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine and front board. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Contemporaneous owner's name and date: 'Caroline Churchill 1897' in sepia fountain pen ink to top of front free endpaper. Black and white plain Ex-Libris bookplate 'D. R. Mills' to front pastedown. Spine tight. ***190 mm x 134 mm. xi prelim-pages including preface written by the author, Barnes Common, 10th March, 1890, plus 299 pages including index and sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to rear. ***Contents: Ch. I. The Village Community as a Primitive Institution; II. The Race-Elements of the Village Community; III. Methods of Dealing with the British Evidence; IV. The Non-Aryan Elements in the English Village; V. The Homestead of the Village Community VI. Tribal Communities in Britain; VII. Transitional Types of the Village Community in Britain; VIII. The Final Type of the Village Community in Britain; IX. Fragments of the Village Community Surviving in Local Custom; X. Summary and Conclusion. ***List of Illustrations: Village of Ashborne early Seventeenth Century; Primitive Aryan House in Media; Map of Wiltshire; Terraces at Newlands Kirk; Brynglas cultivation; Manor House early Seventeenth Century; Elizabethan Copyhold House; Plans of Surrey Cottages; Map of Lauder in Berwickshire; Plan of Chippenham, Wilts; Plan of Malmesbury Corporation Lands; London stone as it is now Protected; Reaping Machine Used in Roman Gaul; The Highland Spade; The Caschrom; Anglo-Saxon two-oxen Plough; Anglo-Saxon Reaping Scene; Plan of Donisthorpe Township.***First impression of the true first edition of 'The Village Community' by George Laurence Gomme', in very nice complete and original condition, with all illustrations, maps and plans. Of interest to the local historian and antiquarians. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 4877

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY - WITH SPECIAL ...

Publisher: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued

Edition: First Edition