Thomas J. Barratt — The Annals of Hampstead
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A complete limited edition set of Barratt's beautifully illustrated history of Hampstead, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this three-volume set, one of 550 limited edition copies in the publisher's original cloth bindings with pictorial gilt to the front boards and spines. All edges gilt.Signed to the limitations page of Volume I by the author.Thomas James Barratt (18411914) was an English businessman who was the chairman of the soap manufacturer A. & F. Pears. His pioneering methods of brand marketing has led him to be called "the father of modern advertising".This three-volume set provides a comprehensive history of Hampstead from the prehistoric era until the early 20th century. Barratt relates details of the literary history, poets, and writers who lived there, as well as information on the nature, geology, and wildlife of the area. Social history is also included, with details of the standards of living, and illustrations of homes through the eras.All volumes contain a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Volume I is illustrated with a further fourteen plates and a folding map. Volume II is illustrated with a further thirty-one plates and two folding maps (one inserted in the pocket to the rear). Volume III is illustrated with a further eighteen plates, one full page map and two folding maps. Plates are a mixture of colour reproductions and photogravures.Collated, complete. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines. Joints slightly rubbed, most significant to the head of the front joint of Vol II. Spotting to endpapers. Hinges reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Author's signature to limitation page of Vol I. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
