" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Kent & Sussex
Waters of Arun.
London: Methuen, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv; [2]; 170; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket. With 21 maps and 6 illustrations. Some offsetting to endpapers, some rubbing to spine ends. Dust-jacket has some loss at the top, rubbing to folds, and some tears. A.... More about Waters of Arun
The Botanical Pocket-Book. With Observations on Some of the Rare Plants Growing in the Neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1840. [Botany]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.v; [1]; 179; [1]; [one of publisher's advertisements]; [1]. Publisher's green textured cloth with paper labels to spine and upper board. Hand-coloured folding plate of Dentaria Bulbifera facing title page. Bookplate of W. H. Hills to pastedown, some... More about The Botanical Pocket-Book. With Observations on Some of the Rare Plants Growing in the...
Tonbridge Legends, Etc.
London: Kent and Co, Tonbridge: Richard Ware, n.d. [1866]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.232. With seven engraved plates. Green cloth with ornate gilt margins to boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Spine has at some point been professionally rebacked. Bookbinders label of Hanbury and... More about Tonbridge Legends, Etc
The Poll for the Knights of the Shire, to Represent the Western Division of the County of Kent in Parliament, including the Registered Electors who did not vote, also, a General Index, and an Abstract of the Number of Votes for each Parish. Candidates: Thomas Law Hodges, Esq.; Thomas Rider, Esq.; Sir William R.P. Geary, Bart.
Maidstone: J. Smith, 1835. [Kent Voting Register] RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] 192 [2]. In the original publisher's brown quarter leather grain-effect cloth with brown paper over boards and gilt titles to the original navy blue label on spine. Wear to board edges and head and tail... More about The Poll for the Knights of the Shire, to Represent the Western Division of the County of Kent in...
Under Thirty-Seven Kings. Legends of Kent and Records of The Family of Boys.
London: The Saint Catherine Press, 1926. [Kent] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.[14]; 163; [1]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, other untrimmed. With twenty-one plates and a number of in-text illustrations. Finely printed at the Arden Press. Two neat ownership... More about Under Thirty-Seven Kings. Legends of Kent and Records of The Family of Boys
The Bees of Westerham. A Poem.
Beckenham: Printed and Published by the Author, September 1952. [Kent Poetry] INSCRIBED PRIVATE PRESS. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 16cm), pp.[4] 18. INSCRIBED by the author on a headed note card in blue ink: 'To wish Mr. and Mrs. | Wadey long and happy | years together - a belated |... More about The Bees of Westerham. A Poem
A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, from the original Report transmitted to the Board; with Additional Remarks of several Respectable Country Gentlemen and Farmers.
London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1796. [Kent Farming] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.iii-xvi; 206 [4]. With a folding hand-coloured map as a frontispiece; two engraved plates, and a folding table. Contemporary marbled calf boards, recently rebacked with matching calf spine. Gilt titles to original red morocco label laid... More about A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; with Observations on the Means of its...
Varied Verse.
London and Tunbridge Wells: The Reliance Press, no date [1925]. [Kent and Sussex Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.63 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Major Heron, with the author's | kindred regards & in remembrance | of many a hearty... More about Varied Verse
Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate. With Brief Notices of the Picturesque Scenery, Seats, and Antiquities in the Vicinity, Embellished with Maps and Prints.
London: Published by the Author, 1832. [Town Guide] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii; 148; [4 of adverts]. Illustrated with 3 folding maps and plans, 9 lithographic plates, and 2 in-text woodcuts. Bound in the original pink satin-effect cloth with paper title labels to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. Light spotting... More about Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate. With Brief Notices of the...
The History of Tunbridge-Wells.
London: M. Hingeston, J. Dodsley, T. Caslon; Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker, 1766. [Kent] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 317; [7]. Bound in contemporary tan full calf, gilt titles on a morocco square to spine. Very attractive label of Tunbridge Wells bookseller and printer Jasper Sprange to front pastedown... More about The History of Tunbridge-Wells
The History of Tunbridge-Wells.
London: M. Hingeston, J. Dodsley, T. Caslon; Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker, 1766. [Kent Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 317; [7]. Respined to style using contemporary brown calf boards, with repairs to corners. Raised bands and gilt titles on a burgundy label to spine. All edges speckled red;... More about The History of Tunbridge-Wells
The First 100 Years: The Story of the Tunbridge Wells Golf Club.
Tunbridge Wells: Tunbridge Wells Golf Club, n.d., [c. 1989]. RARE PRIVATE PRINTING. Demy Octavo. pp. 58. With b/w photographic illustrations. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original blue dust jacket; gilt titles. Slight wear to jacket edges; near-fine. More about The First 100 Years: The Story of the Tunbridge Wells Golf Club
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Topographical And Statistical Description Of The County Of Sussex [together with] Topographical And Statistical Description Of The County Of Surrey.
London: C Cooke, [c.1820]. Duodecimo. Two volumes in one. pp.180; 168. Bound in original red morocco-backed marbled boards, ruled in gilt to spine, later/replacement title labels. Illustrated with a map of the county to each title, and further including a table of information concerning the principal towns of the county... More about Topographical And Statistical Description Of The County Of Sussex [together with] Topographical...
The History of Winchelsea, One of the Ancient Towns Added to the Cinque Ports.
London: John Russell Smith, Hastings: Henry Osborne, 1850. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii,264,12 of publisher's catalogue. Original green blind stamped cloth with gilt titles to spine, spine has at some point been professionally rebacked with the original cloth laid on. Folding street plan of Winchelsea facing the title page, ten other... More about The History of Winchelsea, One of the Ancient Towns Added to the Cinque Ports
The history of the town of Gravesend in the county of Kent and of the Port of London.
London: William Pickering, and Gravesend: James Johnston, 1843. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.v; [3]; 569; [1]. Bound in contemporary brown half pebbled morocco over marbled boards, edges speckled red. Numerous in text illustrations plus nine plate and plans, some folding. Top edge slightly dusty, some spotting to the plates with offsetting... More about The history of the town of Gravesend in the county of Kent and of the Port of London
The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells and Neighbourhood.
Tunbridge Wells: Stidolph and Bellamy, 1871. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 371. Professionally recased dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, black decoration to boards. Hand coloured frontispiece showing Butomus Umbellatus. Numerous black and white illustrations. Publisher's presentation copy inscribed "to Mr. T. Jones with the... More about The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells and Neighbourhood
An Historical Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent, With Eight Engravings and a Map.
Cranbrook: Printed for and sold by S. Reader, 1814. Octavo, pp.lvi,277, [1] blank; [5] index; [1] advertisements. Hand coloured map of the Weald, eight hand coloured aquatint views. Together with a loosely inserted aquatint addition copy of one of the prints in the book, printed on letter paper, presumably for... More about An Historical Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent, With Eight Engravings...
The Broad Highway. A Romance of Kent.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, etc., n.d. [1912]. FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 493 [3]. With 24 chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by Brock. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and extensive gilt decoration and titles to upper board, with a small illustrated roundel affixed... More about The Broad Highway. A Romance of Kent
A History of Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells.
Chichester: Phillimore and Co., 2003. [Kent Topography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xii; 484. With black and white illustrations, including a frontispiece map. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, being number 17 of 500 copies thus, hand numbered to a label on the verso... More about A History of Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells
A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. Hastings: G. Wool, 1833. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii, 94. Folding chart with four hand coloured geological sections bound in at the rear, plus in text illustrations. Original patterned cloth, with recent paper label to spine. Cancelled library stamp and neat inscription to... More about A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings
A History of the Weald of Kent. With an Outline of the Early History of the County.
Ashford: Henry Igglesden. 1871-1874. First Edition. Two volumes bound in three parts as issued. Octavo, pp. xvi, 462, pp. xii, 424, pp. iii, 425-935. Bound in the publisher's handsome green cloth with gilt titles to spine, black stamped tooling and gilt motifs to the upper boards, matt brown endpapers. Numerous... More about A History of the Weald of Kent. With an Outline of the Early History of the County
A walk in and about the city of Canterbury with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published.
Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1777. SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp.[2]; 36; 402; [16]. With 24 copper plates including a frontispiece portrait of the author, a folding plan of Canterbury, and two other maps. Bound in contemporary tan calf, professionally respined to style with gilt titles on a red morocco square. Bookplate... More about A walk in and about the city of Canterbury with many observations not to be found in any...
The History of Kent. In Five parts. Containing I. An exact topography or description of the county. II. The Civil History of Kent.... V. The Natural History of Kent.
London: Printed and Sold by D. Midwinter, 1719. [Kent Topography/Cartography]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (40 x 29cm), pp.[2]; iv, Dedication; iv, Preface; ii, Ode to Kent; iv, List of Subscribers; 592; xl. Illustrated with 43 fine engravings, of which 39 are double-page and/or fold-out. Includes fine panoramas of Rochester and Tunbridge... More about The History of Kent. In Five parts. Containing I. An exact topography or description of the...
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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the Antient [Ancient] and Present State of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Collected from public Records, and other the best Authorities, both Manuscript and Printed: and Illustrated with Maps, and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, etc.
Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778. [Kentish history]. FIRST EDITION. In four volumes. Folio (41 x 26cm), pp.[4] xii, clii, 580, 42 [2]; pp.[4] 817 [1], 72; pp.[4] ii, 765 [1], 51 [3]; pp.vi, 788, 46 [2]. Complete with all 167 copper engraved illustrations, including county... More about The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the Antient [Ancient] and...
The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity.
Lewes: J. Baxter, 1824-1827. [Sussex Topography] FIRST EDITIONS, ex libris Bishop Ashurst Gilbert of Chichester. Two volumes bound as one. Quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.viii [2] 344; xlvi; vi; pp.x; 268; xxv [5]. With 30 lithographic plates to volume I, some folding, after drawings by F. Pollard, including a frontispiece... More about The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity