WARD (James)MareMagnum
MAY G.MareMagnum
A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of its Saxon Monastery; with Notices respecting the ancient Deanery of its Vale [Second and Best Edition]. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY?
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with an engraved frontispiece (mildly spotted and stained in blank margins; original tissue guard present), 5 engraved plates and an engraved plan (all original tissue guards present) and 35 illustrations in the text; strongly rebound in twentieth century cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With a neat contemporary inscription (possibly in the author's hand) 'To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian' on title. This is the finest history of the town, and a substantially revised and expanded version of the author's original version of 1834. In the rebinding two decorations, a pattern from an oak panel in the monastery (back cover) and the bell tower, spires and chapter arch (front cover) have necessarily been lost. Scarce. Anderson, p.306.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB95,54 €
