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The Church Monthly: St. Ignatius the Martyr Church, Sunderland; Parish Magazine.
Publisher: [St. Ignatius the Martyr Church]; [Sunderland?]; London;
Date of Publication: 1892
Stock Code: 9327
Quarto, pp. [38] 12 issues; [2], iv, 3-284. With black and white illustrations throughout. Original grey illustrated wrappers featuring local business advertisements bound in. In scarlet pictorial cloth with gilt ornaments and spine titles. Contents clean, tight and secure. Boards a little soiled; rubbed and bumped at spine-tips and corners. Complete run of St. Ignatius the Martyr Parish Magazine for the year 1892, bound with the Church Monthly periodical for the same year. A fascinating glimpse of late 19th century life in Sunderland. An absorbing social history resource with monthly contributions of early local football commentary, the influenza epidemic, and miners’ strikes in the region. Also contains recipes, poetry, and musings. Rare with no other copies in commerce at time of writing. £95.00