Lot 120 , SUSSEX: A Tour to Worthing, or, Idle Hours not Idly Spent, containing a slight sketch of the country, anecdotes, & c. half title; old leather-backed paper boards, uncut, 1805; Evans, John - The Picture of Worthing (and)

° SUSSEX: A Tour to Worthing, or, Idle Hours not Idly Spent, containing a slight sketch of the country, anecdotes, & c. half title; old leather-backed paper boards, uncut, 1805; Evans, John - The Picture of Worthing (and) an Account of Arundel and Shoreham, with other parts of the surrounding country. folded frontis & map; new cloth-backed paper boards, uncut, sm.8vo. Worthing: sold by ... Spooner's and Stafford's Libraries, 1805; Shearsmith, John - A Topographical Description of Worthing, with brief notes of places of interest in the Vicinity ... (and) a concise essay on Cold and Warm Bathing. 4 plates; later 19th cent. half leather and cloth, original printed wrappers bound-in, cr.8vo. Worthing: printed and published by ... G. Verral (Worthing Press), 1824. (3)
£60-80

Condition:
Tour - good cond., sl. spine wear. VI, (7)-102pp. & errata leaf. pict. bkplt. of W.H. Hills; Evans - frontis, with few creases and a closed tear, new e/ps., lt. spotting but generally good copy, old ownership front blank. VIII, (9)-118pp. & advt. leaf; Shearsmith - frontis. margins stained and 2 corners repaired, title offset, some intermittent foxing, etc. later e/ps., wrapps. stained and repaired / laid down (printing intact)

Sold for £90