F. G. Hilton Price — The Marygold by Temple Bar

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1902. Cloth. A limited edition of this illustrated history of 1 Fleet Street and the banking house of Child & Co. written by antiquarian and bank partner Frederick George Hilton Price. Rebound in a smart green cloth binding. A limited edition, being number one hundred and three of two hundred and fifty copies of this edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding genealogy, twenty-five plates, and in-text illustrations; the image of the plate facing page 34 has been cut out, with all others present and collated complete.This volume traces the history of 1 Fleet Street and of the banking house Messrs. Child & Co. established on the site in the seventeenth century and operating there from 1673 until its closure in 2022.Written by Frederick George Hilton Price, antiquarian and partner of Child"s Bank. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities with one or two very minor handling marks. Newspaper cutting affixed to front free endpaper with previous owner's ink inscriptions and two original photographs loosely inserted. Internally, firmly bound. The image on the plate facing page 34 has been cut out. Pages generally bright, if slightly age toned. The odd ink annotation throughout. Cockling to leaves with the odd spot of damp staining. The odd handling mark and one or two spots to fore edge. Good Only . Ill.: None Stated. Good Only .