That sounds great, right now I am trying to decide where to get my copy, since I am finding them between 6 dollars and $75- <G> for the first edition. I do wonder if they "cheated" and took a real village what fun that would be, a good tale and a real map to enjoy <G> Eliz On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:07 PM, <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:32:25 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Abebooks both US and UK have copies of this book as well as books >> about Lacock and Steeple Ashton <G> No financial interest just found >> it googling <G> > > Of course, seeing your message, Eliz, I had to go have a look. > > My copy of the Wiltshire Village (1987) was £7 at a PBFA book fair, which > I thought was good value because the illustrations are meticulously > detailed and the book is laid out well with print which is easy on the > eye. There are six etchings and 156 pen drawings > > I'm looking through my copy now. There's a beautiful double-page spread > map of the fictitious village, Kingston Borel, at the beginning of the > book, which gives field names as well as showing the church, chapels, > school, village buildings, farms, woodland and much more. It's absolutely > delightful! > > The book is divided into four parts -- The Village, The Crafts of the > Village, The Village Year, Village People. Looking at it now makes me want > to read it again. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >