Rev. Telford Varley — Hampshire

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the county of Hampshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A charming work on the English county of Hampshire, with chapters on the topography, Roman times, Saxon Winchester, Norman Winchester, Jane Austen, the Test Valley, and much more. Written by Reverend Telford Varley, an English headmaster and writer. Illustrated by Wilfrid Ball, a Victorian and Edwardian painter known for his landscapes and marine subjects. In the original green pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor loss to the tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm with sympathetic reinforcement made with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary inscription to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Wilfred Ball. Good .