T. H. S. Escott — Platform, Press, Politics & Play

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of stories and sketches of contemporary celebrities. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of sketches on contemporary celebrities around the south of England, including: Bath and its Schools, The Somerset College, Famous Footprints at Oxford, and Famous Faces Outside London. Written by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, an English journalist and editor. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary inscriptions to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .