English Country Pubs
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 8.875 inches by 7.5 inches. 160 pages. Illustrations (color). Photographic Notes. Bibliography. Index. Decorative front and back cover. Slight cover wear and soiling. Previous owner's mailing label and ink squiggle on half-title page. The author/photographer states that this book is a personal selection of country pubs that encompasses all periods of history from the alehouses of the Middle Ages to courtyard inns to canal-side pubs of the Industrial Revolution. Derry Brabbs reveals the diversity and variety of this unique and cherished feature of England's rural landscape, from the smallest cottage pub to the grandest coaching inn. Contents include Introduction, Historical Pubs and Inns, Coaching Inn, Traditional Pubs and Inns, Waterside Pubs, Pubs with Literary Associations, and Haunted Pubs. What English village would be complete without a country pub? No other nation has anything quite comparable to these cozy, convivial meeting places that are the heart of English social life. Some pubs have historical connections, others enjoy literary associations, and still more are famous simply for their own sake. Through delightful photographs and personal stories, the diversity of this cherished feature of Britain's rural landscape comes shining through. Derry Brabbs is a British landscape photographer and author. From 1984 onwards he worked with Alfred Wainwright on a series of books, including Fellwalking with Wainwright which won the 1985 Lakeland Book of the Year. He judged the annual photographic society of the Wainwright Society from 2003 to 2016. More