Gravesend Public Library..
Bound in original cloth with former civic arms on rear board. Spine and top edges sunned and a little wear to front board otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by the Mayor to Captain Rhodes, Councillor and JP of the Borough, Nov. 1905.
£30.00
Details
COPY INSCRIBED BY THE MAYOR.
Publisher
Printed by Caddell and Son, 1 King Street.,
Place
Gravesend.
Date
1905
Synopsis
Opened by the worshipful the mayor george m. arnold, esq., 28th, september, 1905. [cover title: gravesend public library. opening ceremony, 28th september, 1905.].
Item Description
Large 8vo. 5.75 x 8 inches. [56] pp. Title page in red and black.
Illustrations
Illustrated by full page photographic plates of the new library, civic dignitaries and regalia, etc. Decorated with red head and tailpiece vignettes.
Notes
A handsomely produced publication to mark the opening of the new library and to commemorate the role of the local donors and civic dignitaries. It includes the Mayor's address, with comments on the role of libraries, and a portrait of Andrew Carnegie, who donated £6,000 for the erection of the building.
[Stock No. 23730]
Subjects
20th Century • Gravesend • Kent • North Kent