Description:
The Picture of Yarmouth; Being a Compendious History and Description of All the Public Establishments Within That Borough. (RARE First Edition)
John Preston
Printed by C Sloman, Jun and Published by the Author, 1819. First (and most likely sole) edition. Full contemporary black leather, edged in gilt. Banded spine with gilt decorations to the compartments and title to the upper spine. Leather with some scuffing, mainly to the edges and corners of the boards. Small previous owner's name to the upper fep (George Cory, 1860). Three panel folding ground plan of Great Yarmouth as a Frontis, Light toning to the outer pages and illustrations, a couple with light chipping, some worming to the lower inner margin to a few pages, not affecting text or the illustrations. List of Mayors to the rear. Notable for the wonderful 19 engravings from around the Town. Well bound copy of this rare Norfolk book, with Copac locating just 5 copies, with no copies (that I could find) being offered online.
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