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Ramsden, Allen.
Life in a Caravan; by Allen Ramsden, Photographer and Phrenologist.
Publisher: George M. Watt, Durham;
Date of Publication: 1888
Stock Code: 12554
First and only Edition. Softcover octavo; pp. 116. In original publisher’s red wrappers. With the 1889 ownership inscription of Thomas William Wilkinson of Allston, Northumberland. Light staining to top cover. Slight damp staining to foredge; text-block lightly cocked. A very good copy. A fascinating account of an itinerant photographer who travelled across County Durham in a caravan while photographing local people. The book describes local events and characters from an unusual vantage point. One episode recounts the story of Joe Piker, a County Durham man who was born as a woman but chose to live as a male farm labourer. The account has now entered local legend, and the story reproduced here differs to those written elsewhere. Rare. £85.00