Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863, he was first curate at St. Martin's, Portsmouth, then Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; in the year 1875 he accepted the living of Pomfret in Wiltshire and was there for twelve years. It was in 1887 that he came to our town; he was first Canon and afterwards Archdeacon. Ten years later he had, by personal influence and strength of character, acquired so striking a ...
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Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863, he was first curate at St. Martin's, Portsmouth, then Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; in the year 1875 he accepted the living of Pomfret in Wiltshire and was there for twelve years. It was in 1887 that he came to our town; he was first Canon and afterwards Archdeacon. Ten years later he had, by personal influence and strength of character, acquired so striking a position amongst us that he was often alluded to as "the King of Polchester." His power was the greater because both our Bishop (Bishop Purcell) and our Dean (Dean Sampson) during that period were men of retiring habits of life. A better man, a greater saint than Bishop Purcell has never lived, but in 1896 he was eighty-six years of age and preferred study and the sanctity of his wonderful library at Carpledon to the publicity and turmoil of a public career; Dean Sampson, gentle and amiable as he was, was not intended by nature for a moulder of men. He was, however, one of the best botanists in the County and his little book on "Glebshire Ferns" is, I believe, an authority in its own line. Archdeacon Brandon was, of course, greatly helped by his magnificent physical presence. "Magnificent" is not, I think, too strong a word. Six feet two or three in height, he had the figure of an athlete, light blue eyes, and his hair was still, when he was fifty-eight years of age, thick and fair and curly like that of a boy. He looked, indeed, marvellously young, and his energy and grace of movement might indeed have belonged to a youth still in his teens. It is not difficult to imagine how startling an effect his first appearance in Polchester created. Many of the Polchester ladies thought that he was like "a Greek God" (the fact that they had never seen one gave them the greater confidence), and Miss Dobell, who was the best read of all the ladies in our town, called him "the Viking." This stuck to him, being an easy and emphatic word and pleasantly cultured.
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Fair. Hardcover. Maroon boards with yellow lettering and turquoise decoration to cover and spine. No dust jacket. Spine is slightly cocked. Rubbing, bumping, and staining to boards. Bookplate to inside pastedown. Tanning to text block. Deckled edges. No apparent marks throughout this book. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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Good, none. Octavo, 531+4(ads), Green, gold spine lettering. Copyright page states " First Edition October 1922, reprinted November and December 1922" Some bumps and bruising. Endpapers foxed, gutter showing at title page. Book is battered and loose, text is clean. Gift inscription on half title page.
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Good+ Issued by Grosset, so it's an early reprint. Binding solid, but with split starting at title page. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Owner name. No dustjacket, but two parts are pasted inside book. Maroon cloth cover with a little wear at spine tips and corners, but overall nice.
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Good. No issue date, just 1922 copyright date for George H. Doran first edition. Binding a little weak, with slight forward cant. Pages unmarked but slightly tanned. Owner name clipped off flyleaf. Burgundy cloth cover is worn at edges and spine tips, but titles and design still clean.
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Very good. First Edition. First Edition with GDH colophon on TP. VG-/No DJ. Stamped green cloth with gilt stamped titles. 25 in crayon on FFEP, hinges cracking, otherwise clean. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
