Author: H. B. Browne
Title: Chapters of Whitby History 1823-1946, the Story of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society and of Whitby Museum
Description: Hull; London, A. Brown & Sons, Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition illustrated exploration of the history of Whitby, signed by the author. An uncommon work, this being a limited edition of four-hundred and forty copies, of which this is numbered six. Signed by the author to the limitation.A study on Whitby, from 1823 to 1946, in particular focusing on the Whitby Literary and Philosopher Society, a learned society and registered charity which was founded in 1823. The Society runs the Whitby Museum. Alongside chapters on eminent figures of Whitby history, the Whitby and Pickering Railway, Whitby Piers and New Bridge, the Whitby Subscription Library, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.By H. B. Browne.With chapters by F. M. Sutcliffe, W. A. Oldfield, J. E. Hemingway, and a foreword by the Marquis of Normanby. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Small tears to the head of the spine. Fading to the spine and extremities. Small dampstain to the tail of the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only the occasional scattered spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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