Harrison of Ightham : A Book About Benjamin Harrison, Of Ightham, Kent, Made Up Principally Of Extracts From His Notebooks And Correspondence. Prepared For Publication By Sir Edward R. Harrison.

HARRISON, Sir Edward R. (Editor) / [ Benjamin Harrison 1837-1921 ] .:

Published by London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1928

About this Item

Signed first edition with interesting provenance. 8vo. 8.7" x 6.0" x 1.2". pp.xi/[4pp.]/pp.395 plus 6 tipped-in letters from Edward Harrison Dr. Gordon Ward and two small watercolours of flints by "B. Harrison" laid-down to the rear endpapers. Original faded red cloth binding, edges rubbed and bumped . Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Gordon Ward". Dedication to front endpaper dated 1928. Black and white portrait frontis. Author's signature to title-page, together with a note about the verse on Benjamin Harrison's Headstone. One letter (from Edward harrison) tipped-in at the beginning of the Preface. 5 further letters tipped-in to the 'Contents'. Printed note (dated 1985) regarding Henry Stopes and Benjamin Harrison, stapled to blank leaf. One watercolour titled "Plumstead" and signed "B. Harrison 1914" laid-down to recto of rear free-endpaper . Another letter from Edward Harrison lid-down to verso of rear free-endpaper. Second watercolour titled 'Branshatch' and signed "B. Harrison 1914", laid-down to recto of the rear board. ** Gordon Reginald Ward (23 February 1885 10 July 1962) was a doctor of medicine who lived for many years in Sevenoaks. He was a member of The Kent Archaeological Society from 1927 and contributed several articles to Archaeologia Cantiana. He collected documents and books relating to the history of Kent and deposited transcripts and original archives, as well as photographs of, and notes on, Anglo Saxon charters, with the Kent Archives Office. The Kent Archaeological Society holds a large collection of his papers and his research notebooks are at Sevenoaks Library. He was also an a respected philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1953." - See Applied Epistemology .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harrison of Ightham : A Book About Benjamin Harrison, Of Ightham, Kent, Made Up Principally Of Extracts From His Notebooks And Correspondence. Prepared For Publication By Sir Edward R. Harrison.
• Publisher: London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • ARCHAEOLOGY