Author: James Bennett
Title: The History of Tewkesbury
Description: Tewkesbury, James Bennett, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of British printer and book seller James Bennett's history of Tewkesbury, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Collated, illustrated with eight plates. Lacking two plates, being the plates that should appear facing page 1.The best known work from prominent printer, author and publisher James Bennett. This work was based on an existing project by another printer, William Dyde. During the following decades Bennett produced a succession of expansions and supplements for this work, while also regularly publishing the "Tewkesbury Register and Magazine".An updated and abridged edition was published in 1835.With the bookplate of Eric Sexton to the front pastedown, and a former owner's inscription dated 1863 to the front free endpaper. Rebacked in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. With the original boards restored, retaining the original endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting and foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: History of Tewkesbury James Bennett Gloucestershire Tewkesbury Abbey James Bennett Not Stated


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