Author: William Coles Finch
Title: The Medway River and Valley: The Story of the Medway, Aspects of Life on the Medway, Journeyings on the Medway
Description: London, The C. W. Daniel Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the Medway River, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one hundred and twenty-five images across eighty-four plates. Collated complete. A commentary on the Medway River in South East England, with chapters on the prehistoric river, Romans and Danes on the river, smuggling days, Medieval bridges, and much more. Written by William Coles Finch, a British historian and author of a number of books on Kent-related topics. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small closed tear. The odd mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: William Coles Finch. Very Good/Good.

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