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[LARKING (L.B)]: A Description of the Heart-Shrine in Leybourne Church, with some Account of Sir Roger de Leyburn, Kt., and his Connection with the Wars of the Barons in the Thirteenth Century. A Letter to Thomas Godfrey Faussett. 75 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Printed by John Edward Taylor, 1864 Folio, First and Sole Edition thus, with illustrated half-title in red and black, frontispiece, title and text in red and black, a coloured engraved plate, an engraved plate in monochrome, and illustrations and a full-page pedigree in the text, some trivial age-marking; original half roan, marbled boards, gilt back, marbled endpapers heightened with gilt, uncut, joints lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 75 COPIES FOR PRESENTATION ONLY. Reprinted with additional notes from 'Archaeologia Cantiana', vol. V. Extremely scarce. Bennett, p. 240.
Offered for GBP 184.00 = appr. US$ 301.02 by: Island Books - Book number: 8627