tunbridge wells guide (14 risultati)

Title page of first edition (1780) but the Description (p79) and one plates are dated 1785, other plates dated earlier. Folding map dated 1774 not usually found, and hardly ever in this fresh and untorn state. Wood engraved frontispiece (Pantiles), titlepage with framed vignette (Mount Pleasant House), Dedication page, three further plates, and three folding plates, one of which has been trimmed about one inch from the bottom edge with no loss to descriptive caption. 8vo (7.5 x 5 ins); pp [x], 112, i-viii, 113-308, [2] Contemporary mottled calf boards, slightly later backstip with red Morocco label lettered in gilt. Both endpapers present. Corners of boards rubbed and rounded; contemporary manuscript observations across the lower margin of p134-135. An excellent copy of this attractive little guide to Tunbridge Wells and its surrounding villages, which includes the often missing folding map published by Jasper Sprange (1745-1823), a printer, bookseller, and postmaster who worked in Tunbridge Wells. Contains list of major roads leading from Tunbridge Wells, the routes of stage coaches, waggons and post and a list of the lodging houses in the town . Book.

8vo. 5 x 7 inches. v + [iii] + 323 pp. + 35 pp. advertisements. All text within ruled lines. Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt. Spine and inner edges of boards sunned and map showing sellotape burns neatly rebacked; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by folding map, frontispiece, photographic plate and by wood engravings in text. Decorated by initials and endpiece vignettes St John Colbran (1842-1922) took over the publishing business of his father, John, in 1860 but did not produce the first edition of his own guide until 1880. The title has an extensive historical section occupying the first 151 pages of the text. The Colbran company, which had been publishing guidebooks since 1839, was purchased by Goulden and Nye in 1887, although this Second Edition still remained in print in 1893. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT WEST KENT GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p.96-97 and 131, p.116.

12mo. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. v + [4] + viii-x + 115 + 8 pp. + 1 pp. publisher's advertisement. In original buff printed stiff card boards, with variant title and edition statement on front and summary of contents on rear boards. Deckled edges. Recent paper spine, extremities worn and occasional foxing; otherwise a good copy. Illustrated by hand coloured folding map frontispiece, engraved Circulating Library advertisement (at end) and 7 Bewick-style vignettes in text, including title page. Decorated by endpiece vignette. Similar to Goulden 35-36 but the preface (Address) is dated 1820, the Advertisement, May 1821 and there is a list of lodging houses at the end. As Goulden observes, this Second Edition, originally published in 1818, appeared in 'a rash of reissues marked variously by cancel title pages, differently dated prefaces or cancel covers.' The second edition was a notably reduced version of the previous 1817 edition that John Clifford (1787-1843) had taken over from his uncle, Jasper Sprange. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - WEST KENT GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p.92-3 and similar to 35-36, p.103.

12mo. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. viii + 172 pp. Bound in original purple boards with paper title label. Sympathetically re-spined in cloth. Extremities a little worn. An ex-library copy neatly but frequently stamped by Cheltenham Public Library. Illustrated by hand coloured folding map of the Environs as frontispiece, engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication page, 6 engraved plates, including 2 folding and 15 Bewick-style wood engraved vignettes in text. An 1834 reissue of the Sixth Edition similar to Goulden 56 (which has a blue cover) with a title page re-engraved to show the date. Like the preceding Fifth Edition John Clifford (1787-1843) has returned to using the identical title page of his 1817 edition. Includes distances, fares and useful information at the end but no list of lodging houses. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - WEST KENT GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p. 92-93 and similar to 56, p. 106.

Condizione: Goulden 61. Seventh edition, revised. 12mo. [4] + xi + [1] + 172 pp. a-a6, B-P6. Illustrated with 2 folding maps and fourteen plates, including seven engravings (2 folding) and seven woodcuts. plus title page vignette and dedication. A slip, Tunbridge Wells fares, bound in after p.165. Original yellow printed paper wrappers, sometime respined in yellow card. Wrappers and some lower page corners a little grubby and worn, but preserving the original apperance. One folding plate repaired. A plan of Tunbridge Wells, serving as a frontispiece has the southern Parish and County boundaries hand-coloured in outline. A late edition of Clifford's guide with the (undated) title page little changed from the early years of the century. It is similar to Goulden 61 but has additional plates and is in paper covers. The Address to the reader is dated January, 1840. The front cover contains the same date and the edition statement with an altered imprint, Sold also by R.Nash and J.Elliott (compare Goulden 62) All these ephemeral guides have become very difficult to find complete. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT TOWNS- GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT.

12mo. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. viii + 172 pp. + [2] pp. advertisement + Seaman, W. On Vapour Bathing, [2] + 5 pp., with separate title page, tipped in at end. Bound in original purple cloth with paper label on front board; spine rebacked with new paper label, preserving original spine and endpapers. Extremities a little worn and occasional foxing but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by hand coloured folding map frontispiece, of the Environs and a hand coloured plan of Tunbridge Wells, engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication page, and 5 engraved plates, 4 being double page. An 1837 reissue of the Seventh Edition, corresponding to Goulden's (c) state with the Vapour Baths addition at the end. It is closest to Goulden 59, but has five plates rather than six and a different pagination of the advertisement sections after the main text. The preface (Address) is dated June, 1837. Like the preceding Fifth and Sixth Editions, John Clifford (1787-1843) has returned to using the identical title page of his 1817 edition with the 1837 date re-engraved. The Bewick-style wood engravings have been dropped from this state but reappear in the 1840 issue of this edition. Includes distances, fares and useful information at the end but no list of lodging houses. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT TOWNS- GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p. 93-94 and similar to 59, p.106.

12mo. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. [2] pp. advertisement tipped in + 28 pp. advertisements + x + [ii] + 353 pp. + [1] +[1] pp. publisher's advertisement + 5 pp. Addenda + [2] pp. publisher's advertisement. South Eastern Railway section has separate title page but pagination and register are continuous. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt with oval gilt title on front board. Extremities a little worn and occasional foxing but otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate of William John Mercer. Illustrated by frontispiece and by wood engravings in text. This Second Edition of Colbran's New Guide For Tunbridge Wells has the date 1844 on the title page and an undated Advertisement and Preface, but refers to 'this present summer, 1846' on page one of Addenda. Essentially a reissue of the 1843 Second Edition, it has no map, only one plate (instead of fourteen) and a five page Addenda and therefore corresponds most closely to Goulden 80; with the exception that it has a brown cover and the advertisement for the Hydropathic Establishment on page 27 of the initial advertisement section is pasted over by a cancel advertisement for the same establishment as in Goulden 82 and 83 (which, however have the map and fourteen or fifteen plates). According to Goulden, too many copies were normally printed of these guides, leading to a complex sequence of cancels and reissues of the preliminaries of all editions from 1839-40 onward (see his paragraph, p. 94-95 for the additional complications of the 1844-46 reissues). A notable addition to the Second Edition is the addendum on the South Eastern Railway, whose main line to Folkestone and Dover was completed, 1843-44, while this 1846 reissue has an Addenda describing the opening of the Tunbridge Wells branch railway. John Colbran (1809-84) was a former apprentice of John Clifford, the other important publisher of Tunbridge Wells guidebooks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Colbran employed James Phippen (1795?-1862), who had written guides for several other Kent towns, to edit his guidebook. The former owner of this copy was William John Mercer (d.1926), a Margate solicitor whose collection of books and papers is now in Canterbury Cathedral Library. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT WEST KENT GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p.94-5 and similar to 80, p.110.

12mo. 4.25 x 7 inches. [2] + 99 +[1] pp. + [12] pp. advertisements. In original green pictorial printed card wrapper; spine re-laid on to matching card. Advertisements on front and rear inside wrappers. Extremities worn and some foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by hand coloured folding map frontispiece, 4 plates and by 9 wood engravings in text. An 1856 reissue of the 1855 Eleventh Edition, this is one of the abridged editions produced by Isaac Barber Clifford after his father's death in 1843. It corresponds fairly closely to Goulden 103, except possibly for the number of advertisement pages at the end. The wrapper is dated 1856 at the head of the title. Includes distances, fares and useful information at the end and now information on the London and Dover (i.e. South Eastern) Railway. The Eleventh Edition was the last guide to Tunbridge Wells to bear the Clifford imprint; the advertisements inside the wrappers being for Joseph Simpson, (Successor to I. B. Clifford.), to whom Clifford had sold the business before leaving Tunbridge Wells. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT TOWNS- GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT Goulden, p. 96 and 103 75, p.113.

Condizione: Goulden, p.92-3 and 40, p.104. 12mo. 4.75 x 7.5 inches. x + 180 pp. + [2] pp. publisher's advertisement. In original buff printed stiff card boards, with original paper labels, variant title and edition statement on front and summary of contents on rear boards. Deckled edges. Extremities a little worn and occasional foxing; otherwise a good copy. Early ink comments on front pastedown. Illustrated by hand coloured folding map frontispiece, engraved Circulating Library advertisement (at end) and 15 Bewick-style vignettes including title page, 4 in text and 10 whole page, included in pagination. Corresponds to Goulden 40. A reissue of the Third Edition of 1822, the preface (Address) being dated September 1822. At the end are tables of distances and roads, useful information and a list of lodging houses. Like the Second Edition, the Third appeared in 'a rash of reissues.marked variously by cancel title pages, differently dated prefaces or cancel covers;' again it was a notably reduced version of the previous 1817 edition that John Clifford (1787-1843) had taken over from his uncle, Jasper Sprange (1745-1823), whose bookselling and printing business he formally took over in this year. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - WEST KENT GUIDES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED KENT.

8vo in fours. 4.75 x 7.5 inches. [3], viii, 48, 45- 53 [i.e. 57], [3], 49-68; 98, xii, 99-106, vi, 107-178; 14; 16 pp. + [2] pp. publisher's advertisements. A Description of Tunbridge Wells has a separate title page, pagination and register. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt, with contrasting green title label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Extremities a little worn and occasional light foxing but otherwise a very good copy. 1803 inscription on 2nd free endpaper and 1809 date added underneath. Illustrated by 3 engraved plates, including frontispiece and by engraved title with vignette and dedication. First published in 1780, the early issues of this little guide, all dated 1780 have very eccentric pagination and Goulden lists five variants and there are numerous variations between printings. Sprange frequently inserted extra leaves but not in all copies. This issue conforms most closely to numbers two and three in his sequence, giving it a date after March 5th but before July 27th 1782. It does not have the four leaves of cancels after p. 54 in the second part noted by Goulden. It may possibly predate the point at which he inserted the cancel leaves. This issue is printed on larger paper than most examples that we have seen and perhaps Mr Sprange had no supply of the inserted cancel leaves in this size of paper and therefore dropped their insertion in this copy. There is no evidence whatsoever of these leaves having been present, the binding being entirely original. A very attractive Tunbridge Wells guide with a fine collection of copper engravings, paying particular attention to the major country seats, which are described in detail with lists of paintings. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - TOPOGRAPHY GUIDES 18TH CENTURY KENT Goulden 2- 3, p.99. ESTC T63658.

Condizione: Goulden 3, p.99. 12mo. [4], viii, 48, 45-53, [3], 49-68; 54, vi, 51-52, 55-98, xii, 99-106, vi, 107-178; 14; 16. illustrated with 3 plates, one folding, in addition to frontispiece, title vignette and dedication. Bound in contemporary full calf with contrasting title label, gilt, and gilt decoration to spine. Lacks final blank leaf but has the advertisement from an earlier issue pasted on the rear paste-down endpaper. Front hinge cracking and split at top otherwise a very good copy. First published in 1780, the early issues of this little guide, all dated 1780, have very eccentric pagination and Goulden lists five variants. This issue conforms almost entirely to number three, giving it a date after March 5th but before July 27th 1782. A very attractive Tunbridge Wells guide with a fine collection of wood engravings, paying particular attention to the major country seats, which are described in detail with lists of paintings. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT.

12mo. [4] + x x + 332 pp. [2], A-A2,B-B8,C-GG4. illustrated with table and twelve plates, including eight folding, in addition to frontispiece, title vignette and dedication. Bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Calf is frayed and split at top and bottom of spine with some interior stains opposite some plates. Small, contemporary newspaper cutting tipped in, p.206. Otherwise a fine complete copy. Author's address is signed J. Sprange. January, 1815. This copy is a reissue of the 1815 edition and is similar to Goulden 27 but has additional plates, even more than Goulden 28, which has only eleven. It has the preface complete and 'A list of the Lodging Houses', pp.313-320. The colophon, in the name of Clifford, Printer, is on p.332 only. This suggests an intermediate version between John Clifford, taking over from Jasper Sprange (died 1823), his uncle. A very attractive Tunbridge Wells guide with a fine collection of wood engravings, paying particular attention to the major country seats, which are described in detail with lists of paintings. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT.

xii + 148 pp. with 3 double-page maps and plans, 10 lithographic plates, and two woodcuts in the text. Original cloth, skilfully rebacked. Original label on the spine. Some foxing and browning but a good copy. Scarce work by the distinguished architect John Britton, designed to promote Decimus Burton's Calverley Estate. KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT WEST KENT 19TH CENTURY TOPOGRAPHY TOWNS- NON-FICTION KENT.

Condizione: Goulden 17, p.100-101. 8vo in sixes. 4.5 x 7 inches. xi + [i] + 336 pp. Bound in contemporary calf; rebacked preserving original spine, in compartments decorated gilt with recent paper label. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. A very good copy. Early inscription on verso of first free endpaper. Illustrated by 14 engraved plates including 7 folding and frontispiece, by engraved title with vignette, by dedication, by folding table of distances at end and by diagrams in text. Decorated by endpiece vignettes. First published in 1780, the early issues of this little guide, have very eccentric pagination and many cancel pages but by the time of this 1801 edition, the print layout had become much more regular. This copy corresponds to Goulden 17 but has fourteen rather than thirteen plates and does not include the list of rare plants at the end. A very attractive Tunbridge Wells guide with a fine collection of copper engravings, paying particular attention to the major sites of interest in the locality including country seats, which are described in detail with lists of paintings (e.g. at Knowle and Mereworth House). KENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - WEST KENT GUIDES TOPOGRAPHY 19TH CENTURY KENT.