x, 214pp, numerous black and white illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards with black titles on spine. 12mo. Spine ends very lightly rounded. Top text block edge very slightly foxed. Two previous owner's names on front free endpaper (one crossed out). Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight.
This book deals with the Church as it is seen by the man in the pew, not by the man in the mitre. It keeps a typical English village at its centre of stage and records how, through the ages, the actions and decisions of those at the top, affected the actual life of the parish.