THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. With Memoirs of Royal and Distinguished Persons...
London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1830. Second edition. [2], vi, 628 pp, indexed. Engraved frontispiece and nine other wood-engraved plates at rear. Original buff boards rebacked in gilt lettered cloth, page edges rough trimmed. Armorial bookplate (Charlotte Bostwick Lovett); tiny bookseller's rubber stamp (Tyrrell & Co., Toronto) at front; cracked inner hinges neatly repaired; with paper short cloth tears to joints; outer corners of boards rounded from wear; light damp stain to frontispiece and title leaf; small hole to inner margin of title leaf; otherwise a VG clean and tight copy. First published 1821-25 (two volumes, quarto), this second edition dropped many plates and the appendix. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.; Tall octavo
Condition: Very Good