"Sixty Years After" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947 — 1st Ed

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"Sixty Years After" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947 — 1st Ed

Name: "Sixty Years After" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947 — 1st Ed
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"Sixty Years After" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947, Roland J. A. Shelley — First Edition

Publication: Southport, Robert Johnson & Co., 1947

Formatting: Slim 8vo, exact pagination unknown.

Condition Report: Good. The binding remains firm and structurally sound, though the exterior exhibits noticeable wear, primarily in the form of a prominent dampstain to the lower fore-edge corner and bottom margin of the front board, which extends faintly to the rear panel. The quarter blue cloth spine is lightly rubbed at the extremities but remains unbroken. Internally, the text block is pleasingly crisp and clean, with only a light scattering of preliminary foxing and a standard previous ownership signature to the front free endpaper. The leaves are bright and the monochrome plates are well-preserved, contrasting with the exterior blemishes.

Catalogue Note: First Edition. A highly uncommon local history documenting the parish of St. Philip's Church in Southport, likely printed in a very small run for congregational distribution. The volume features a foreword by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool, The Rt. Rev. Clifford A. Martin, and includes several full-page monochrome photographic portraits of notable regional bishops arranged by H. M. Coulson.

A prior owner's name, "Joan Scott," is neatly inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper. Due to its hyper-local focus and ephemeral nature as a post-war parish record, this title is exceptionally scarce on the open market, with almost no commercial presence outside of regional archive holdings.

Published in the wake of the Second World War, “Sixty Years After” offers a dedicated historical record of St. Philip’s Church in Southport, Lancashire. Authored by Roland J. A. Shelley, the work captures the ecclesiastical heritage and community evolution of the parish since its inception. Accompanied by photographic portraits of Liverpool’s historical bishops, this slim volume serves as an intimate topographical and genealogical snapshot of a mid-20th-century English congregation.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Roland J. A. Shelley

Book Publisher: Robert Johnson & Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

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Book Publication Year: 1947

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: H. M. Coulson

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Southport, United Kingdom

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