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    By J. Lewis Miller
    London   Bowden, Hudson & Co.
    8.5" by 5.5" 50 pp.
    A vanishingly scarce first edition chronicling the history of the parish of St. George-the-Martyr, in Holborn, the church where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath married.
    By J. Lewis Miller

    1881 The History of the Rise and Progress of the Church and Parish of St. George-The-Martyr, Holborn, with many Interesting Details Concerning its Former Inhabitants

    London   Bowden, Hudson & Co.
    8.5" by 5.5" 50 pp.
    A vanishingly scarce first edition chronicling the history of the parish of St. George-the-Martyr, in Holborn, the church where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath married.
    £140.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 974H29
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    Description

    First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

    In the publisher's original cloth binding.

    This volume is a vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.

    This copy traces the history of St. George-the-Martyr, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden, charting the parish’s foundation and growth. It offers detailed accounts of the church’s architecture, its burial ground, successive rectors, and the surrounding streets, squares, and residents, along with local institutions such as a home for youths.

    Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were married at this church on Bloomsday, 16 June 1956.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two slight handling marks to boards. Front hinges slightly cracked but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots.

    Very Good

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