Graphic Illustrations Of Warwickshire -

London: Chiswick Press, 1878 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [x], 37p + 29 plates, frontis and vignette to tp. Large paper copy. Subscriber's edition. Tipped in at front 2 als from author. Loosely inserted notice of subscription payable, notice to subscribers March 25 1876, original prospectus Sep 1875, amended prospectus and envelope for one of the als. Page edges uncut, spotting to page edges. Tp spotted with light foxing. Foxing also to many of the interleaving pages, this has then occasionally transferred to text, only very occasional spotting on plates. Original cloth with gilt lettering and only light wear. Pages measure approximately 37.5 x 27.5 cm. Jaggard p234 states that only 75 small paper copies and 25 large paper published. Cutting from old bookseller's catalogue inserted stating 40 large paper copies. Original subscriber was F.C. Brooke of Ufford Place, Suffolk, his brief ink collation note to ffep..

London: Chiswick Press, 1873 Book. Good. Hardcover. 48p, 20 etchings. Small paper copy, pages measure 320 x 245mm. Page edges trimmed. Original brown cloth, gilt lettered, some rubbing and wear. Spine torn down edges and across. Damp stain to rear board. Odd spots of foxing and some small stains to inner margin of some pages. Binding cracking a little internally. Pencil name of one of the subscribers Miss Emily Woodward and a note - 200 copies printed - to ffep..

Birmingham: J. Drew, 1885 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 37p + photograph of Marmion Edward Ferrers as frontis. Bound in full vellum, boards gilt decorated and ruled in red and blue. Lettering piece to spine, gilt lettered, rubbed. Binding a little grubby and discoloured, pale stain to front board. All edges red. Original browned wrappers bound in. Presentation inscription to front wrapper - To Mrs Ryland with kind regards from R. Dering 18.. [date cropped by binder]. Armorial bookplate of John Wm Ryland by C.W. Sherborn to front pastedown. Loosely inserted 4p als from R. Dering to [Richard] Savage, 1896. Pages generally lightly browned, those next to original wrappers, heavily so. Foxing mainly confined to pages near the frontis..

London: Printed by J Davy [for the Middle Hill Press], 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. Part 1 - iv, 136p. first iv pages loosely inserted and on a larger size paper than the rest of the volume, they are creased and chipped to the edges. Part 2 - [iv], 124p this seems to lack iv pages at the start in comparison with the copy described by Holzenberg. The two parts bound together in original very worn quarter morocco. Signs of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. Front free end paper detached and with some abrasions. Together with a volume of plates in the Middle HIll boards, the plates for part 1 loosely inserted, those for part 2 bound in. Some browning and spotting. 26 plates. Holzenberg 249 which refers to both vols. Part 2 and the plates are more difficult to find than part 1.

London: Printed by J Davy [for the Middle Hill Press], 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. Part 1 1821 - iv, 136p. with 11plates loosely inserted. Part 2 1838 - [viii], 124p with 15 plates bound in. Both in the original Middle Hill boards. Part 1 binding in good condition, Part 2 the spine is very torn. Part 2 has the preface set in 2 slight variants. Browning and spotting to some pages. Pencil note to the front pastedown of Part 1 "There was a Priory at Hullavington" and another note to page 1 of Part 2 " to p52 taken 2 March 1837 to Bodley. Bodleian Library ex dono T Phillipps de Middle Hill 1836 " Holzenberg 249 - Part 2 and the plates are more difficult to find than part 1..

London: Chiswick Press, 1878 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [x], 37p + 29 plates, frontis and vignette to tp. Large paper copy. Subscriber's edition. Tipped in at front 2 als from author. Loosely inserted notice of subscription payable, notice to subscribers March 25 1876, original prospectus Sep 1875, amended prospectus and envelope for one of the als. Page edges uncut, spotting to page edges. Tp spotted with light foxing. Foxing also to many of the interleaving pages, this has then occasionally transferred to text, only very occasional spotting on plates. Original cloth with gilt lettering and only light wear. Pages measure approximately 37.5 x 27.5 cm. Jaggard p234 states that only 75 small paper copies and 25 large paper published. Cutting from old bookseller's catalogue inserted stating 40 large paper copies. Original subscriber was F.C. Brooke of Ufford Place, Suffolk, his brief ink collation note to ffep..

Birmingham: J. Drew, 1885 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 37p + photograph of Marmion Edward Ferrers as frontis. Bound in full vellum, boards gilt decorated and ruled in red and blue. Lettering piece to spine, gilt lettered, rubbed. Binding a little grubby and discoloured, pale stain to front board. All edges red. Original browned wrappers bound in. Presentation inscription to front wrapper - To Mrs Ryland with kind regards from R. Dering 18.. [date cropped by binder]. Armorial bookplate of John Wm Ryland by C.W. Sherborn to front pastedown. Loosely inserted 4p als from R. Dering to [Richard] Savage, 1896. Pages generally lightly browned, those next to original wrappers, heavily so. Foxing mainly confined to pages near the frontis..

Warwick: George Lacy, 1854 Book. Good. Hardcover. 10 issues for 1854 - 1863. Crudely bound together in cloth covered boards with remains of paper label to spine. Small hole through front board and first issue. 1854 has pages missing and some damage, otherwise in generally good condition and apparently complete. Many local adverts..

Shrewsbury: Printed and sold by T. Wood, 1779 Book. Good. Hardcover. 244, [2] pages. The final unnumbered leaf contains the errata and directions for the binder. Frontis, folding text plate and 13 other plates, correct as listed. Bound in old quater leather, spine worn and joints split, held by cords. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of Charles Kent, Vicar of Ludford - this is very browned from old glue. Name written in ink to the head of the title page - W Hands. Additional [later] illustration tipped in before the list of subscribers. Some browning from plates. ESTC T144795..

London: Printed by J Davy [for the Middle Hill Press], 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. Part 1 - iv, 136p. first iv pages loosely inserted and on a larger size paper than the rest of the volume, they are creased and chipped to the edges. Part 2 - [iv], 124p this seems to lack iv pages at the start in comparison with the copy described by Holzenberg. The two parts bound together in original very worn quarter morocco. Signs of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. Front free end paper detached and with some abrasions. Together with a volume of plates in the Middle HIll boards, the plates for part 1 loosely inserted, those for part 2 bound in. Some browning and spotting. 26 plates. Holzenberg 249 which refers to both vols. Part 2 and the plates are more difficult to find than part 1.