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Cole, John & Hinderwell, Thomas
Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Late Thomas Hinderwell, Esq [with] The Fugitive Pieces of Thomas Hinderwell.
Publisher: John Cole & Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Scarborough & London;
Date of Publication: 1826
Stock Code: 12497
Two works bound together as usual. First Edition. One of only 24 large paper copies numbered and signed by the author (of a total of 230). Octavo, “Memoirs” pp., [2], [1]-3, [1], 57, [1]; “Fugitive Pieces” pp., [2], 55, List of subscribers vii, [1]. Engraved frontispiece of “Scarborough from the Beach”, decorative initial letters and 2 tailpiece vignettes to “Memoirs”. Contemporary red cloth; titled in gilt to black leather spine label. Signed and numbered by the author, ‘J. Cole’ to limitation leaf. Covers surface soiled; spine toned and creased; bruising to edges; upper joint split 6 cm but firmly holding. Frontispiece and adjacent leaves foxed; otherwise contents clean and bright. Author’s signature in ink to limitation leaf p.[4]. Contents very good in good binding. John Cole’s biography of the historian Thomas Hinderwell (1744-1825), best known for his 1798 “History of Scarborough”, together with collected short prose works by Hinderwell. £200.00