Anne Beale — The Fisher Village

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1894. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this English novel by popular author Anne Beale, set in a quaint but efficiently run fictional fishing village. First edition. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and plates. This novel follows the lives residing in a fictional fisher village named Pebbleton, located at the extreme east of the coast of Norfolk. The story details the often turbulent sea conditions the fishermen of the village must face, and the introduction of a young Dutch boy who they save from the storm. Written by Anne Beale, a popular English novelist and poet based in Wales. With a charming contemporary presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, awarding the book for "punctual attendance a the Congregational Sunday School, Newnham". With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Handling marks and spots to the boards and darkening to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. With the odd spot and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .