Author: P. H. Ditchfield
Title: The Counties of England: Their Story and Antiquities
Description: London, George Allen & Company, Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical commentary on the counties of England from historian Peter Hampson Ditchfield. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty plates and drawings across the volumes. Collated complete. A detailed historical study of the counties of England, encompassing the information from the author's previous series 'Memorials of the Counties of England' of which some thirty volumes were published. With reference to the history, archaeological remains, main interests, and important facts about each English county from Northumberland to Cornwall. Written by Rev. Peter Hampson Ditchfield, a Church of England priest, historian and prolific author, and other writers. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Small splits to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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