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TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND KENT


The Collection of the Late John Symons (1943-2009), Librarian at the Wellcome Library 1968-2005, collector and Tunbridge Wells resident during his childhood
Lot 112

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Tunbridge-Walks: or, the Yeoman of Kent: a Comedy, FIRST EDITION, Bernard Lintott, 1703; and 17 others, eighteenth and nineteenth century books on Tunbridge Wells (18)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[BAKER (THOMAS)]

Tunbridge-Walks: or, the Yeoman of Kent: a Comedy, FIRST EDITION, half-title, browned throughout, one or two tears and repairs, modern morocco-backed boards [ESTC T16483], 4to, Bernard Lintott, 1703; idem, another edition, engraved frontispiece, modern calf [ESTC T53729], 8vo, Bernard Lintot, 1736--[LEWKENOR (JOHN)] Metellus his Dialogues. The First part containing a Relation of a Journey to Tunbridge Wells, lacking imprimatur leaf, some worming in lower corners (affecting a few letters), contemporary calf, rebacked [ESTC R10938], 8vo, Thomas Warren, for N. Rolls, 1693--BURR (THOMAS BENGE) The History of Tunbridge-Wells, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered [ESTC T144255], 8vo, M. Hingeston, 1766--The Tunbridge and Bath Miscellany for the Year 1714, disbound, 8vo, E. Curll, 1714--BRITTON (JOHN) Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Claverley Estate, 2 double-page engraved maps, 10 lithographed plates, publisher's cloth, rebacked, 8vo, Longman, 1832--SCUDAMORE (CHARLES) An Analysis of the Mineral Water of Tunbridge Wells, later boards, 8vo, Longman, Hurst, for the author, 1816--Tunbridge Epistles, from Lady Margaret to the Countess of B**, without half-title, modern boards [ESTC T52000], 4to, J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1767; and 10 others (18)

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