Kent’s Capital..
Bound in original green cloth with title in white. Slight wear to extremities but otherwise a very good copy.
£45.00
Publisher
Walter Ruck, 11 High Street. London: Beechings Ltd., St. Mary Le Strand House, W. C.,
Place
Maidstone
Date
1899
Synopsis
A handbook to maidstone on the medway and guide to the district. published under the auspices of the homeland association for the promotion and encouragement of touring in great britain and ireland. second edition. seventh thousand.
(the homeland association's handbooks. no.6)
[cover title:] maidstone and its surroundings (kent's capital). with map.
Item Description
8vo. 5 x 7 inches. [14] pp. advertisements + 152 pp. + [20] pp. of advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by folding map of district with advertisements on verso and plan of Leeds Castle and by photographs and drawings in text, including frontispiece, many full page. Decorated by head and tailpiece vignettes.
Notes
Scarce late Victorian guide to Maidstone with a fine selection of advertisements. It includes chapters on hops and hopping, wild flowers and a new section on geology. Enlarged from the first edition of 1899.
[Stock No. 23340]
Subjects
19th Century • Guides • Kent • Maidstone