1841 A CHRONICLE OF CRANBORNE Dorset 1st Ed Folding Map C.F.G.R. Schwerdt Copy

• Title: Chronicle Of Cranborne
• Location: Dorset
• Published: 1841
• Publisher: Nichols and Son
• Binding: Cloth
• Information: Original 1841 first edition, not a modern reprint. Thomas William Wake Smart, A Chronicle of Cranborne: Being an Account of the Ancient Town, Lordship, and Chase of Cranborne, in the County of Dorset. London: Nichols and Son, 1841. Particularly interesting association copy bearing the engraved ex-libris bookplate of noted sporting-book collector C. F. G. R. Schwerdt (1862–1939). Also bears an early ownership inscription dated 4 September 1856. Includes the large folding map of Cranborne Chase, engraved frontispiece and original tipped-in errata

condition. Antique condition with age-related wear. Original cloth/binding worn and faded, particularly at head of spine. Please study photographs carefully. Folding map survives remarkably well for its age but shows the expected folds. No attempt has been made to restore or improve the book.

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