The History Of Deptford In The Counties Of Kent And Surrey..
Bound in original brown cloth, gilt with decorated blind stamped borders. Bevelled edges. Extremities worn, front hinges starting to crack, wear to edge of map and some light foxing, but otherwise a good copy. Signature at head of title.
£60.00
Publisher
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' Hall Court;. Deptford: J. D. Smith, Printer, etc., Broadway.,
Place
London
Date
1884
Synopsis
Compiled from authentic records and manuscripts. by nathan dews, author of the 'history of somersham,' 'the banks of calder.' etc., etc. second edition. revised and enlarged, with illustrations.
Item Description
8vo. 5 x 7.25 inches. 328 pp. + [6] pp. advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 5 plates, including engraved frontispiece and three folding (two genealogical tables, including one in red and black, and facsimile map) and other engravings in text. Numerous decorated initials.
Notes
Revised and enlarged second edition of the standard nineteenth century history of Deptford, first published in 1883. The book includes chapters on the manors and Evelyn family, ecclesiastical sites, charities and schools and on commercial and industrial history, including a list of all vessels launched from the Royal Dockyard, 1551 to 1869, when naval shipbuilding ceased.
[Stock No. 23543]
