The Tunbridge Wells Guide Or An Account Of The Ancient & Present State Of That Place..
Original yellow printed paper wrappers, sometime respined in yellow card. Wrappers and some lower page corners a little grubby and worn, but preserving the original apperance. One folding plate repaired. A plan of Tunbridge Wells, serving as a frontispiece has the southern Parish and County boundaries hand-coloured in outline.
£125.00
Details
ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Publisher
: Printed and Published by J.Clifford. Tunbridge Wells, May also be had at either of the Libraries, on the parade. Sold also in London by Hamilton Adams & Co., Paternoster Row.,
Date
1840
Synopsis
With a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.
Item Description
Seventh edition, revised. 12mo. [4] + xi + [1] + 172 pp. a-a6, B-P6. Illustrated with 2 folding maps and fourteen plates, including seven engravings (2 folding) and seven woodcuts. plus title page vignette and dedication. A slip, Tunbridge Wells fares, bound in after p.165.
Notes
A late edition of Clifford's guide with the (undated) title page little changed from the early years of the century. It is similar to Goulden 61 but has additional plates and is in paper covers. The Address to the reader is dated January, 1840. The front cover contains the same date and the edition statement with an altered imprint, Sold also by R.Nash and J.Elliott (compare Goulden 62) All these ephemeral guides have become very difficult to find complete.
[Stock No. 19105]
Subjects
19th Century • Guides • Illustrated • Kent • Towns • Tunbridge Wells