Alfred J. Burrows — Ashford Cattle Show Centenary 1856-1956

London, Not Stated , 1958. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce history of the Ashford Cattle Show, in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a frontispiece of the author, five double-sided plates and one folding plate containing the seating plan of the Centenary Luncheon of 1956. Collated, complete. This charming history of the Ashford Cattle Show, one of the oldest agricultural shows in South of England, marks the event's one hundredth year anniversary since the first show in 1856.The work offers a glimpse of a hundred years of farming in East Kent, as well as all of the Show's growth, development and long associated families.Undated, dated from a copy held at the National Trust. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine cloth and a mark to the spine tail. With minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, save for a library ink impression to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .