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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 119

TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDES
CLIFFORD (JOHN) The Tunbridge Wells Guide, a large collection of guide books (including 14 by Clifford, 7 by Colbran, 10 by Pelton), nineteenth and twentieth centuries (quantity)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £765 inc. premium

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TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDES

CLIFFORD (JOHN) The Tunbridge Wells Guide, 6 plates, disbound, 1817; idem, another edition, 12 plates, lacks map, [1825?]; idem, "fourth edition, 1826", folding map, 12 plates; idem, "fourth edition", folding map, 15 plates, with loosely inserted bill and receipt on printed letterhead, signed by Clifford, [1827?]; idem, "fifth edition", folding map, 5 plates, [c.1832]; idem, another edition, folding map, 6 plates, 1834; idem, "seventh edition", folding plan, 6 plates, 1837; Clifford's Descriptive Guide for Tunbridge Wells, "eighth edition", 2 folding maps, folding plan, 11 plates, 1843, various bindings, 12mo; together with 7 other guide books by Clifford, 7 by Colbran, 10 by Pelton, and a quantity of other guides, books on the local flora and history, views of Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding area etc., nineteenth and twentieth centuries; sold as a collection (quantity)

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