Charles G. Harper — The Somerset Coast

London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a scenic travelogue across Somerset's coastline by Charles G. Harper, passing through Burnham, Dunster and Minehead among other seaside locations. The first edition of The Somerset Coast, a lovely travelogue, written by English author and illustrator Charles G. Harper. In the publisher's original blue cloth, with an ink illustrated frontispiece by Harper and all sixteen other plates. Collated complete. Harper was most famous for his self-illustrated travelogues across Britain, with this particular travelogue delving into the towns and villages along the north Somerset coast, including Clevedon, Burnham and Weston Super-Mere, before finishing at Minehead. While the author tackles the debate over whether Somerset has its own coast, its scenic beaches certainly argue otherwise. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd faint mark to boards, and slight fading to the spine, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are bright and generally clean with a couple of faint spots. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with slight spotting to the extremities of the odd leaf, mostly to pp.28-29 and p.49. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .