The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop
Wallace. Doreen.: The Tithe War. , London. Gollancz. 1934.1st edn. Hardback, no d/w. 176pp. Red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Previous owner name to ffep, light spotting to prelims, otherwise a VG copy of an extremely scarce book. Doreen Wallace writes "My little book records the biased observations of a tithepayer under notice of distraint.......I have in addition, a grievance, for I am experiencing the oppression of the Tithe Laws" .'It was in the depression of the 1920’s that Wortham next came to theattention of the English public when a local landowner was actively involved in what has become known as the Tithe Wars A long running legal battle involved hundreds of farmers in East Anglia and beyond. Oswald Mosley’s black shirts came down to Wortham in 1934 to ‘support’ the cause. The dispute was over taxes imposed on landowners. One active participant in the fight against what were seen as unfair taxes was Mrs Rowland Rash. She is better known today as Doreen Wallace, the author of over 50 books, one of which ‘The Tithe War’ told the whole story in every detail.' (History of Wortham / Nicholas Smith) (Book ref. 3192) £60.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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