Lot 162 , The Tunbridge Wells Guide. Or an account of the ancient and present state of that place...

The Tunbridge Wells Guide. Or an account of the ancient and present state of that place... pictorial engraved title, dedicatory armorial plate (Abergavenny), folded table & 11 plates (8 folded); old half calf and marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with maroon label, cr. 8vo. Tunbridge Wells: Printed and sold by J Sprange..; 1817; another edition of 1801, 16 plates (7 folded); sometime rebound half morocco and boards; The Tunbridge Wells Guide... 4th edition. pictorial engraved title, folded map, dedicatory armorial and 12 other plates (2 folded); original printed boards, uncut (distressed). printed and published by J Clifford... 1828; another (7th) edition. pictorial engraved title, dedicatory armorial, folded plan and 6 other plates; original cloth and paper label. printed and published by J. Clifford... 1837 (4).
£80-100

Condition:
1817 - some e/ps staining, apparently lacks some prelims. - x,(xv)-xx, 332pp; some intermittent spotting; 1801 - amateur rebind, poor spine, stain upper margin frontis. and title, also (not obliterating but marked) lwr rh. corner pp.301 to end. (1), xi, 336pp.; 1828 - spine missing some plts. loose and upper bd, some spotting; 1837- spine damaged, lacks d=front free e/p, intermittent spotting, x,172pp; nb all guides sold as catalogued.