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1894 A History of Tong, Shropshire
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Description
Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound
The second edition of this work.
A local history that explores the parish of Tong, its church, monuments, and notable families, set within the wider context of Shropshire’s past.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-seven plates, and further vignette and full page illustrations. Collated, complete.
Rebound in quarter calf, with cloth covered boards. With title from front of the publisher's cloth laid down to the centre of the front board. Endpapers renewed.
Advertisements to the rear.
Inscription of E. Wheeldon to a front blank.
The appended notes on Boscobel discuss Charles II's escape after the Battle of Worcester, situating Tong within royalist legend.
Condition
Rebound in quarter calf, with cloth covered boards. With title from front of the publisher's cloth laid down to the centre of the front board. Endpapers renewed. Inscription to a front blank. Externally, excellent, with minor rubbing to calf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, with only the odd spot.
Near Fine
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