J. Tom Burgess; Joseph Hill — Historic Warwickshire

Birmingham; London, The Midland Educational Company; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1893. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated late nineteenth century study of the history of Warwickshire. The revised and updated second edition of J. Tom Burgess's illustrated historical and topographical study of the county of Warwickshire, edited by Joseph Hill.Featuring chapters discussing the siege of Kenilworth, Piers Gaveston, Henry Bolingbroke, the War of the Roses, Warwick Castle, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight further photographic plates, and numerous vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1893, to recto of frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with boards bright. Front hinge and head of rear hinge starting, with boards holding firm. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally, binding lightly strained to centre of text block, with one gathering detached to head, but holding firm. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd patch of light spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .