Charles G. Harper — From Paddington to Penzance

London, Chatto & Windus, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this travelogue in which Charles George Harper describes and illustrates is journey from London to Cornwall. A first edition of this travelogue in which Charles George Harper describes and illustrates is journey from Paddington to Penzance across sixty eight short chapters. Alongside many in-text illustrations by the author, the volume contains twenty three plates, collated and complete. With a thirty two page catalogue of publisher's adverts to the rear In the publisher's original buckram binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, more so to the spine. The spine is la little bumped to the head and the tail, and there is a small chip in the cloth at the front joint near the head. With some light bumping to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound with a couple of points of strain. The plates between pages 112 and 113, and 126 and 127 are disbound but present. Aside from some light foxing to the front and rear of the volume, pages are bright and generally clean. Good . Ill.: Charles G. Harper. Good .