Lot 282 , Nibbs, R.H. - The Churches of Sussex, etched by R.H. Nibbs Esq., with historical and archaeological descriptions by Mark Antony Lower,

Nibbs, R.H. - The Churches of Sussex, etched by R.H. Nibbs Esq., with historical and archaeological descriptions by Mark Antony Lower, numerous plates, some woodcut illustrations, rebound half morocco and paper boards, marbled endpapers, 4to, Brighton and Worthing, W.J. Smith, 1872; Lower, Mark Antony - A Compendious History of Sussex ..., 2 vols, folded map, gilt cloth, rebacked, preserving original spine, Lewes, Geo. P. Bacon, 1870; together with 3 other antiquarian books on Sussex (6)
Estimate £80-120

Nibbs - good copy, v.sl. marked on spine, sm. 'cancelled' wording free e/p and flyleaf, inoffensive spotting, one or two v.sl. clean tears upper margins, relevant contemp. ownership name (Lord Bishop's secretary) head of title; Lower - good copy, sl. foxing only, rebinding has 'sprung' the set;
Others - Cheal's Story of Shoreham (Hove, 1921), cloth sl. marked and dulled, but good, inscribed by author.
Belloc's Stane Street (Ist. ed., 1913), plates by Wm. Hyde, vg. gilt and pictorial cloth; Poland's The Friars in Susses (Hove, 1928). Leather backed boards, spine worn, uncommon title

All plates are present.


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Sold for £40