The history and antiquities of the parish of Tottenham High Cross, in the county of Middlesex ...
Middlesex : Printed for the author, 1818. First Edition. Poor copy in contemporary plain boards with a later crude cloth spine cover; boards scuffed and worn along the edges. Text block cracked before title page, t.p.-18 loose, and binding remaining otherwise sound. Text shows expected light foxing and dust-dulling of age; edges slightly ragged. The text and plates are collated and complete, including folded frontispiece which remains crisp; a very serviceable example. Item #467510
Physical description; xv, 260, 52, 30, 15, [7] pages, [19] leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece (folded map), portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Title continues: "...comprising an account of the manors, the church, and other miscellaneous matter: to which is added, an appendix, containing the late Henry Lord Coleraine's History of Tottenham, originally printed from the MS, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; and the Rev. W. Bedwell's Brief history of Tottenham, first printed in 1631, with the antient poem of The tournament of Tottenham, with a glossary: selected from eminent authors and authentic documents." With a half-title page. Running title: The history of Tottenham. With errata and list of subscribers at the end. Subjects; Tottenham. London. History. Antiquities. Local history. 19th century. Illustrated. Plates. Maps. Portraits.
Price: €165.00