John Noake — Worcester in Olden Times

London, Longman and Co. 1849. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this historical study of Worcester from English antiquary, John Noake. First edition. Very scarce work. With a colour folding plan of Worcester. Collated complete. A detailed historical account of Worcester, with reference to charters, coining and money, chapels and churches, sanitation, morals, persecution, policing, social customs, sports, festivities, elections, civil war, and much more. Written by John Noake, an English journalist and antiquary known for his writings on Worcestershire. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with brown cloth boards. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities. Splits to the joints from amateur binding. Hinges tender. Internally, firmly bound with folding map detached but present. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Some of the text block to the rear remains unopened. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .