Various — The Home Counties Magazine

London, F. E. Robinson & Co.; Reynell & Son, 1899-1912 . Cloth. A richly illustrated and uniformly bound fourteen-volume run of "The Home Counties Magazine", recording the topography, history, and antiquities of London and its surrounding counties at the turn of the twentieth century. Bound in quarter paper vellum with red cloth boards. Fully illustrated with monochrome plates, diagrams, maps and plans throughout and the odd fold-out plate. A complete fourteen-volume run of The Home Counties Magazine, a periodical devoted to the topography, history, folklore, antiquities, and local biography of London and the surrounding counties: Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, and Kent, during a period of rapid civic and architectural change.Published annually from 1899 to 1912, the magazine became one of the most valuable documentary records of the region at the turn of the twentieth century, preserving parish histories, historic houses, church monuments, archaeological discoveries, manor and estate records, and vanishing local customs. The early volumes were edited by W. J. Hardy (1857–1919), archivist and Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office, well known for his expertise in historical manuscripts and for promoting local historical research based on primary sources. From 1905 the editorship passed to W. Paley Baildon (1859–1924), the antiquary and fellow of the Royal Historical Society, who continued the magazine"s scholarly tone while expanding coverage of rural and architectural subjects. Bound in quarter paper vellum with red cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. Slight lifting to cloth at rear board of Volume XIII. Small closed tear to spine of volume XIII. Rear hinge of Volume I cracked, but firm. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight blistering towards front joint of volume XI. The odd spot and handling mark to boards, more apparent to pale paper vellum. Slight discolouration to spines. Offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and slight age toning, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edges, more so to older copies. The odd page uncut. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .