Durham and Northumberland "Our own District Series"
Condition: Good
Notes:
In a good conditio0n. Wrapper has heavily worn edge with some fraying, but pages and structure are intact. Publishing date unknown, probably circa 1903 to 1910. See photos for more details.
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About this book:
A charming Edwardian school geography reader for the counties of Durham and Northumberland, part of Edward Arnold's Our Own District Series. Published around 1905, these little books were written to introduce schoolchildren to the geography, industries, history, and character of their local region. This volume covers the rivers, hills, coastline, towns, and industries of the North East, taking in everything from the Cheviot Hills and the Roman Wall to the coalfields, shipbuilding ports, and historic cities of Durham and Newcastle.
The book opens with a wonderful bound-in printed map showing both counties in detail, marking railways, main roads, rivers, hills with their elevations, and the line of the Roman Wall. A lovely Swinburne epigraph sets the tone on the title page, a fitting choice given the poet's Northumbrian connections.
A delightful piece of Edwardian educational publishing, full of period detail about a region that was then at the heart of British industry.
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