H.M. [Herbert Minton] Cundall — Bygone Richmond

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Bygone Richmond, a loving and informative local history of the leafy London borough. Contains an inbound theater pamphlet to rear paste down. The first edition of Richmond Bygone, by art author and former secretary of the Hogarth Club Herbert Minton Cundall. Published in 1925 by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper boards. Contains a colour frontispiece and all other forty-five monochrome illustrations, including a folding map on plate 19. Collated complete.Contains an original advertisement of the book on the front free end paper, with an inbound pamphlet on The Theatres of Richmond to rear paste down.An informative and loving local history of the leafy London borough, which still attracts many tourists and admirers to this day. Cundall focuses on many of the local landmarks, including Queensbury House, Kew Palace and Richmond Park. In the publisher's original quart cloth with paper boards. Externally, smart. Slight fading to the spine and extremities. The rare faint spot to rear cloth joint and the occasional mark. End papers are clean, with an original advertisement for the book on the front free end paper, and an inbound Richmond theatre pamphlet to rear paste down. Leaves in theater pamphlet are loosening from end papers. Internally, plate 28 and 31 are loose, while plate 34 and 43-44 are loosening. Slight wear at hinge between p.94 and plate 45. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spotting to leaves, heavier on leaves p.xiv and 94. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .