RECOLLECTIONS OF A RELIEVING OFFICER

Hardback. A collection of 19 fictional ss beginning with 'The Chairman's Daughter' and ending with 'A Relieving Officer's Dangers'. A Relieving officer was a local official employed to evaluate people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or entry to the Workhouse. 251pp. 12mo. h/back. Half-leather with marbled boards, sp. dec. in gilt with red leather/gilt title label. V.v. sl. wear to head of sp. o/w Vg+. Extremely Scarce.