A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF WEST SOMERSET. Description of the Valley of the Tone & the History of the Town of Taunton.... by Jeboult (Edward)

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A general Account of West Somerset, description of the valley of the Tone, and the history of the town of Taunton. Illustrated by a new process of photography and heliotype..

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-26. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam Press, 1873. Leather. Good Only. 11" by 9". Not Stated. A handsomely bound, fascinating work on the history of Somerset published and printed locally by the Somerset and Bristol Steam Press. Handsomely bound in half calf with gilt lettering and design to the spine. A fascinating and comprehensive history of Somerset, with a special focus on the Valley of the Tone and Taunton, previously housed in the Somerset Library. Photographic plates are missing from this copy. Written by Edward Jeboult, a lifetime resident of Somerset and a noted land surveyor.This copy was previously owned by William Bucknell Broadmead, and his bookplate is to the front pastedown. He was a noted High Sheriff in the early twentieth century, and owner of Enmore Castle in Somerset. Handsomely bound in half calf with morocco covered boards. Externally, front joint is cracked but still holding firm. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some marks to the boards.… Read More

Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-Press, 1873. First edition (hardback). 4to, iv, 134pp; 121pp; 94pp. Frontispiece and plates, all from photographs, glued on to paper mounts. Bound in the original brown cloth, but the binding is tatty with both boards detached and the spine missing. There is staining to the lower corner of the first 20 pages, and the paper mounts have some creasing (cause by shrinkage of the glue used to attach the plates). The text block is tightly bound, however, and this is suitable as a reading, working or binding copy. The book is made up of three parts (West Somerset, Tone Valley, Taunton), all with separate pagination.

Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam Press. G : in good condition. Light wear to spine base. Neat library stamp on paste-down and ownership stamp on fep. Some offsetting otherwise contents good. 1873. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 132pp; 121pp; 94pp. Illustrated by a new process of photography and heliotype. Ownership stamp of Earl of Lovelace. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-Press, 1873. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 9". Not Stated. A handsomely bound history of Somerset, illustrated 'by a new process of heliotype and photography'. The first edition of this fascinating and comprehensive history of Somerset, with a special focus on the Valley of the Tone and Taunton, illustrated 'by a new process of photography and heliotype'. Author Edward Jeboult explains that 'advantage has been taken of the modern inventions of Photography, and that no expense has been spared' in the inclusion of photographic plates.Illustrated with a map frontispiece and thirteen further mounted plates, with each plate containing a number of photographic views.With a contemporary owner's inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1880. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with discolouration to back strip and board perimeters. Former owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally,… Read More