{"product_id":"sixty-years-after-a-record-of-st-philips-church-southport-1947-1st-ed","title":"\"Sixty Years After\" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947 — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sixty Years After\" A Record of St. Philip's Church, Southport, 1947, Roland J. A. Shelley — First Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e Southport, Robert Johnson \u0026amp; Co., 1947\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e Slim 8vo, exact pagination unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in the wake of the Second World War, \u003ci\u003e“Sixty Years After”\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54878759715155,"sku":"5404","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260903_113318.jpg?v=1788774924","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/sixty-years-after-a-record-of-st-philips-church-southport-1947-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}