1909~1st~~HAMPSHIRE~~Wilfrid Ball~T. Varley~75 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS~A & C BLACK.

Description: Illustrated with 75 full-colour plates by Wilfrid Ball R.E., plus a fold-out map, a 1909 first edition of one of the large series of profusely illustrated books produced by the firm of A. & C. Black in the early part of the 20th century. This volume portrays the picturesque scenery of the English county of Hampshire, with interesting history and background descriptions by Telford Varley. The Contents are: - - Introductory, Hampshire, the Mother of Movements and of Men. - - Topography, Early Days. - - Roman Hampshire. - - Winchester. - - Saxon Winchester. - - Norman Winchester. - - Wolvesey, The College, St. Cross, The Round Table. - - Greater Winchester. - - Jane Austen's Country, Charles Kingsley's Country, The Civil War in Hampshire. - - Gilbert White's Country, The Meon Valley. Portchester. - - Portsmouth. - - The Test Valley. - - Romsey and the Lower Test. - - Southampton. - - The New Forest. - - The Avon Valley. - - Index. The 75 illustrations are of: - - Church of St. Cross. - Emsworth. - Watersplash at Itchen Stoke. - Clipped Yew, Old Basing. - Martyr Worthy. - Greywell Mill. - Lymington. - Corhampton. - St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester. - Chilbolton, Test Valley. - Church of St. Lawrence, Winchester. - The Weirs, Winchester. - Winchester from St. Giles's Hill. - Tower of College Chapel, Winchester. - Cheyney Court and Close Gate, Winchester. - At Itchen Abbas. - King's Gate, Winchester. - Second Master's House, Winchester College.- Tower of Ambulatory, Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester. - Cloisters and Fromond's Chantry, Winchester College. - Brewhouse, Winchester College. - Middle Gate, Winchester College. - Memorial Gateway, Winchester College. - High Street, Winchester. - St. Peter's, Cheese Hill, Winchester. - Hursley Vicarage. - Twyford Mill. - Post Office, Itchen Stoke. - Tichborne Arms. - Old Alresford. - Easton. - The Itchen, near Chilland Mill. - Ropley. - Mapledurwell. - Odiham. - Upton Grey. - Old Basing. - Old Basing Bridge. - The Deer's Hut Inn, Wolmer Forest. - Sheet Mill, near Petersfield. - Sheet Mill, near Petersfield. - Headley. - Branshott. - Near Liphook. - Droxford Mill, on the Meon. - Wickham, Meon Valley. - Hambledon, the Nursery of English Cricket. - Portchester. - Langstone Harbour. - Fareham Tidal Mill. - Portsmouth from Gosport. - Forton, near Longparish. - Whitchurch. - Gavel Acre, on the Test. - Longparish. - Wherwell. - Great Bridge, Romsey. - Romsey. - West Gate, Southampton. - Botley. - Hamble. - Southampton Water from Fawley. - Sopley. - Beaulieu River, near Buckler's Hard. - The Palace House, Beaulieu. - Beaulieu Village. - Woodside, near Lymington. - Sand Pit, near Bournemouth. - Isle of Wight from Southbourne. - Christchurch. - Christchurch Quay. - Stourmouth. - Ringwood. - Blashford, near Ringwood. Please see my other items for more interesting and collectable items, including rare titles, as I will always try and combine the delivery to save you money. On Sale is a 1909 first edition, of * Hampshire *, described by the Rev. Telford Varley, M.A., B.Sc., with a tissue-guarded frontispiece plus 74 other titled tissue-guarded colour plates by Wilfrid Ball, R.E., and a fold-out sketch map, published by Adam & Charles Black, London, printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh, [first published 1909] this one is dated 1909 to the title page with no other editions or impressions listed, but is probably a further issue of the 1st edition as the initial run had gilt titles to the front as well as the spine (here front cover title is green), size approximately 9 inches x 6-1/2 inches, with xi and 316 pages plus the 75 plates and the fold-out map, plus an 8-page publishers booklist. The olive-green cloth-covered hardcover with an ornate rose design to the front and spine plus a gilt title to the spine, is lightly rubbed on the corners and around the spine with bumping and a little wear on the spine ends, else sound and not split along the spine edges, a little darkened to the spine with gilt spine title bright and clearly legible, has some surface-loss to the printed design and some usage marks including a liquid splash-mark at the rear mid spine edge, otherwise still reasonably clean and tidy (see photo's 1 & 8). Inside is complete including all illustrations and their tissue-guards, the front endpaper is split along the fold with the hinges visible and the rear endpaper is sound and not split, has a previous owner's decorative bookplate of a black cat stood on a pile of books to the front fixed endpaper named for "Shutler", no other writing or graffiti, hinges sound with covers well attached, a little cracking at some of the gutters else binding tight with all pages well attached, corners not turned and pages not torn, variable age-toning to the paper used for the text pages throughout with the illustrations bright as they're on a different type of paper, occasional specks of foxing else mostly clear, a very occasional pale usage/dust mark, not heavily read, the fold-out map is crisp and undamaged, otherwise mostly clean and tidy. Please view my other items for sale, as I will always try and combine deliveries. If you would like any further information please email to me via eBay.

Price: 22 GBP

Location: CORNWALL.

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