° ° KENT, TUNBRIDGE WELLS: The Tunbridge Wells Guide...(new ...

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° ° KENT, TUNBRIDGE WELLS: The Tunbridge Wells Guide...(new edition...with improvements). illus. title, engraved dedication, 13 plates and folded table; contemp. calf, gilt ruled spine and red label, sm. 8vo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and sold by J. Sprange....1797; The Tunbridge Wells Guide or an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place.... (new edition....with improvements). pictorial engraved title, engraved dedication and 14 plates (8 folded) and folded table; sometime rebound half calf and marbled boards with gilt red label, sm. cr. 8vo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and sold by J. Sprange...1817 (2)

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1) joints weak, some intermittent foxing, (3), XI, 336pp (conforms - text and plts to Goulden, Tw.16). plt.3 (p.109) with sm. piece missing in upper margin; 2) some stains and plt. offsets, dedication misplaced bef. frontis, new e/ps. (4), XX, 332pp.; conforms to Goulden (TW. no. 27) though there are only 7 plts. noted

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Auction Date:
16th May 23 at 10am BST

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