Various — Medieval Towns

London, J. M. Dent and Sons , 1898-24. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful group of twenty volumes from J. M. Dent's 'Medieval Towns' series of town histories, illustrated. Part of the 'Medieval Towns' series, retracing the history of medieval towns around Europe and the rest of the world, published by Dent. Comprising the following:1898 The Story of Toledo by Hannah Lynch illustrated by Helen M. James. The first edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further illustrations in text. Collated, complete with city plan.1899 The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam with illustrations by H M James and with woodcuts. The first edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further illustrations in text. 1900 The Story of Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen and M. Helen James. The first edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further line drawings in text. Collated, complete with city plan.1900 The Story of Moscow by Wirt Gerrare with illustrations by Helen M. James, the first edition. With a frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete with map and plan.1901 The Story of Rouen by Theodore Andrea Cook with illustrations by Helen M James and Jane E. Cook. The second edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further in-text illustrations as well as six maps and plans. Collated, complete. 1905 The Story of Siena and San Gimignano by Edmund G Gardener, illustrated by Helen M. James. the second edition. With a frontispiece and ten full page plates as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete with city plan. 1905 The Story of Rome by Norwood Young illustrated by Erichsen Nelly. The fourth edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, as well as four plans. Collated, complete. 1906 The Story of Cairo by Stanley Lane-Poole, the first edition. With a frontispiece and thirty plates as well as city plan to rear. Collated, complete. 1907 The Story of Verona by Alethea Wiel, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen and Helen M James. The third edition. With a frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, three plans. Collated, complete. 1907 The Story of Oxford by Cecil Headlam illustrated by Herbert Railton, the first edition. With a frontispiece and twenty-one full page plates and further illustrations in text. Collated, complete.1910 The Story of Venice by Thomas Okey illustrated by Nelly Erichsen, the third edition. With a frontispiece and six full page plates as well as numerous illustrations in text and two maps. Collated, complete with city plan. 1910 The Story of Seville by Walter M Gallichan, illustrated by Elizabeth Hartley. The second edition. With a frontispiece and six full page plates as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete.1911 The Story of Coventry  by Mary Dormer Harris with illustrations by Albert Chanler. The first edition. With a frontispiece and eight full page plates as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete with city plan.1912 The Story of Lucca by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen, with illustrations by Nelly erichsen. The first edition, publisher's File Copy with stamps to endpapers, title page. Collated, complete with frontispiece, ten full page plates, city map, and numerous further illustrations in text.1922 The Story of Cambridge by Chalres W. Stubbs, illustrated by Herert Railton. The third edition. With a frontispiece and seventeen full page plates as well as numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. 1923 The Story of Bologna by Alethea Wiel, with illustrations in line by Margarite Janes. The first edition. With a frontispiece and seven full page plates as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete. 1924 The Story of Florence by Edmund G Gardner, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen, a later printing. With a frontispiece, a map of Florence, and numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's uniform full decorative cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine, occasional back strip lightly darkened. Damp marks to rear board of 'Venice' affecting last few leaves also. RA Newman stamp to front free endpaper 'Seville,' with pencil ownership inscription to front pastedown. Gift inscription to front free endpaper 'Coventry' dated 1933. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light minor spotting to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .