The Oakes Diaries: Business, Politics and the Family in Bury st Edmunds, 1778-1827 : Introduction : James Oakes' Diaries, 1778-1800 (Suffolk Records Society) by James; Fiske, Jane Oakes ISBN 13: 9780851152752

Hardback. Very Good.

Boydell Press: Suffolk Records Society. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. Hardback. 0851152759 . Dust jacket bright, unmarked, unclipped; green boards, slight bumping to bottom of spine, otherwise unmarked, corners sharp, no previous owner's marks. ; Suffolk Records Society; 9.4 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches; 396 pages .

Woodbridge,, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Large 8vo. pp 396. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Volume one only. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0851152759

The Boydell Press, 1990. Hardcover. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight / small tear to otherwise bright very good dust jacket.. Volume 1 only. 396pp.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: Boydell Press, 1990. This is the first of two volumes of the diaries of a provincial English businessman engaged in textiles, banking, and politics in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the diaries cover a span of nearly 50 years, and are a reflection of the industry, trade, and banking, the politiccs, and the social life of a relatively stable community in East Anglia; in a book-length introduction, the editor provides the background of the family, the local society, and the local economy, particularly the textile industry; includes a frontispiece portrait of the author, as well as many other illustrations, and genealogical tables of the author's family; survey map of the town in 1776 on the end papers (olive textured cloth with gold lettering, end of spine and one corner slightly bumped; illustrated blue dust jacket has tear on back edge, enclosed in clear mylar cover; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.