Author: Charles G. Harper
Title: The Tower of London: Fortress, Palace, and Prison
Description: London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this historical and topographical study of the Tower of London. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-two plates and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete. A comprehensive study of the Tower of London, with reference to each individual tower, the traitor's gate, Richard II, the King's House, Tower Green, lodgings, and much more. Written by Charles George Harper, an English author and illustrator of travel books. Illustrated by W. S. Campbell. Previously held in the library of Marjorie Sparks, an English opera singer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Previous owners' bookplates to the front pastedown and endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: W. S. Campbell. Very Good .

Keywords: Tower London Fortress Palace London Harper Campbell W. S. Campbell


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