Author: James John Hissey
Title: Through Ten English Counties
Description: London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this engaging and informative travel work by James John Hissey, with illustrations by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen further plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete. A chronicle of a driving tour through ten English counties: Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. This work was written and illustrated by James John Hissey, who wrote many travel works about England. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with light shelf wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Gilt is a little faded to the spine, but remains bright to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Folding map in excellent condition. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: James John Hissey. Very Good Indeed .

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