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 pictorial green cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. The odd pencil annotation with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Wilfred Ball. Very Good .