WARNER, Richard.

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A Companion in a Tour Round Lymington: First edition of the author's second work, in the attractive original boards. Warner (1763-1857) moved to Lymington as a child and spent his life in the church, producing many works of history and travel. Hampshire is well known as the birthplace of Jane Austen, whose father owned a copy of Warner's Excursions from Bath.Warner's guide was revised and updated under the title The Hand-book for the Town of Lymington, the New Forest and the Surrounding Neighbourhood in 1847.

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