Parson and the Public by Tindal Hart ISBN 13: 9780533057306

New York: Vantage Press, 1983. VG+/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'With all good wishes/from the author/A Tindal Hart/February 1984'. Illustrated with a photograph frontispiece, (of the Fox and Goose Inn, Fressingfield, Suffolk), and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative history of the relationship between the Church of England and alcohol. With Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Light spotting to edges; d/w has some sunning around spine and to rear panel; else a very good plus copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good.