A Memoir of Hawarden Parish, Flintshire,.. A Parishioner [WILLETT Richard 1761-1829] Publisher: J Fletcher Publish Year: 1822 Publish Place: Chester: Foregate Street Illustrator: DAVIES J Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 005033 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Quarter Leather Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £50 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 1822, 1 map. 19 illustration 1 tipped in folding plate. In modern quarter calf, with worn contemporary marbled boards, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Spine, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green calfr label. Internally, new endpapers, folding map frontis present, 8vo, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-194 pp, 1 map, 19 illustrations (to include vignettes, head and tail pieces), 1 additional folding plate (probably tipped in at a later stage), text block edges uncut, a few minor chips, light sporadic soiling and browning, occasional contemporary note, the map, drawn by J Davies is dated 1822. The author was the Headmaster at the Hawarden Grammar School. Very Rare. Title continues: Containing short introductory notices of the Princes of Wales; so far as to Connect, and Elucidate, Distant and Obscure Events.
