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FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. VERY GOOD REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL SPINE AND BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS SMALL STAIN ON FRONT BOARD CORNERS BUMPED CONTENTS CLEAN. ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE GLUED TO FRONTISPIECE VERSO AND ENDPAPERS. ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. TO THE REAR OF THE BOOK IS A LONG INK INSCRIPTION (1931) BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER MARY LOUISA ROW MAKING REFERENCE TO THE FAMILILY HISTORY AND MENTIONING THE NAMES OF ROWE MAYNARD (OF MAYFIELD) AND JOHN EDWARDS WHO WAS HIGH SHERIFF IN 1744. ALSO MENTION OF WHITFELD SIR THOMAS MAY OF THE OLD PALACE AND JUDGE SIR JOHN JEFFERAY.