TWO WORKS IN ONE VOLUME. OCTAVO FINELY BOUND IN FULL BLACK LEATHER A.E.G. RAISED BANDS GILT. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. LIFE OF GENT 1832 208 pp. THE ANTIENT AND MODERN HISTORY OF THE LOYAL TOWN OF RIPPON1733 INTRODUCED BY A POEM ON THE SURPRIZING BEAUTIES OF STUDLEY PARK…xvi [ii] 166 73 [vii]. page 49/50 IS MIS-NUMBERED BUT ALL PRESENT. COLLECTED BY THOMAS GENT OF YORK. WOODCUTS OF VARIOUS SIZES. A FINE EXAMPLE OF TWO SCARCE WORKS.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH GOLD DECORATION ON FRONT BOARD AND GOLD LETTERING ON SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS FIXED INSIDE FRONT COVER. VERY SLIGHT FOXING TO FIRST FEW PAGES. INCLUDES ILLUSTRATIONS.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO RECENTLY FINELY BOUND IN HALF MOROCCO NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS RED LABELS. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. SOME SPOTS ON THE SPINE. THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SECTION PAGES 449 TO 742 . COLOURED MAP AND PLATES. SOME FOXING AND AGE TONING BUT A VERY HANDSOME COPY.
QUARTO REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER USING EARLY BOARDS. BEING A CONCISE TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME THE FOURTH CONTAINING DERBYSHIRE. ILLUSTRATED WITH 43 PLATES INCLUDING A TWO PAGE MAP OF CUMBERLAND. LIGHT FOXING BUT GENERALLY CLEAN. FRONT HINGE CRACKED BUT A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.
