Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate. With Brief Notices of the Picturesque Scenery, Seats, and Antiquities in the Vicinity, Embellished with Maps and Prints

by John F. S A. Britton

£95 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Published by the Author, 1832. Town Guide FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 13cm , pp.xii; 148 4 . Illustrated with 3 folding maps and plans, 9 lithographic plates, and 2 in-text woodcuts. Publisher's pink satin-effect cloth with paper title labels to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. Minor spotting, and one gathering at rear slightly misaligned, otherwise internally clean. Heavy wear to binding, with loss to spine label, and rough repairs to split

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