Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE WEALD OF KENT. With Eight Engravings and A Map By T. D. W. Dearn [First Edition – 8 Plates and a Map – Quarter Leather by Bumpus] __________ Author T. D. W. Dearn ______________________ Year of Publication 1814 __________________________ Publisher Cranbrook: Printed For and Sold By S. Reader _______________________ For full description see below - after all photographs______________________________________ Description: Cranbrook: Printed for and Sold By S. Reader, 1814, First Edition. Quarter leather binding by Bumpus with marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, worn. Illustrated with map and 8 sepia aquatint plates after drawings by the author. History of the Weald with fine engraved illustrations including the well-known view of the High Street at Cranbrook. Gently foxed to the plates with offsetting to the pages opposite. lvi, 277pp plus 5pp index and 1pp advert. Approximately 9 inches tall.Provenance: bookplate for 'Unett' to the front paste down. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles to the spien, five raised bands, worn to the top of the spine with loss of colour.Joints – good condition - gently worn. Corners – good condition.Boards – good condition – quarter leather with marbled boards, a few marks to the leather.Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt. others tanned and foxed, untrimmed.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – intact and secure.Paste downs – good condition – marbled, bookplate for Unett to the front.End papers – good condition – marbled, then tanned and foxed.Title – good condition – tanned and foxed.Pages – good condition – tissue guarded frontispiece ‘Cranbrook’, eight engravings and a map, pages edges are untrimmed, tanned and foxed throughout.Binding – good condition.See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1814 Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ Louis88Books are members of the PBFA. We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please e-mail me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop Thank you. LOUIS88Books Preserving books for the next generation
Price: 225 GBP
Location: Andover
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Illustrator: TDW Dearn
Year Printed: 1814
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Leather
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Cranbrook
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Topography & Local Interest
Author: TDW Dearn
Publisher: Printed and Sold by S Reader
Original/Reproduction: Original
