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Brackett & Sons

A Centenary and Three Generations with a short History of Tunbridge Wells. WITH SPLENDID 'JOHNSONIAN' FRONTISPIECE

[Privately Printed, Tunbridge Wells, 1928

34,50 €

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Détails

Année
1928
Auteur
Brackett & Sons
Éditeurs
[Privately Printed, Tunbridge Wells
Thème
topography, kent, tunbridge wells, johnson, thrale, brackett, sons, topography, kent, centenary, three, generations, short, history, tunbridge, wells
Langues
Anglais

Description

Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding coloured frontispiece, 4 plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original cerise cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. Published to commemorate the firm's centenary. The frontispiece depicts 'The remarkable characters who were at Tunbridge Wells with Richardson in 1748 from a drawing in his possession'. The characters include Johnson, Tetty Johnson, Mrs. Cibber, Garrick, Mrs. Thrale, Pitt and others. Scarce. Bennett, p.352.
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