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Sheldon, Frederick.
History of Berwick-Upon-Tweed; Being a Concise Description of That Ancient Borough, From Its Origin Down to the Present Time.
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1864
Stock Code: 12784
First edition. Octavo, pp. xx, 438, [2] errata, plus wood-engraved double-page frontispiece plan, 2 etched and engraved plates (of which 2 are folding and 1 is tinted), and 2 folding lithographs (of which one is tinted). Publishers’ original green cloth with gilt titles to spine and decoration in blind; citron end-papers. Cover cloth lightly surface soiled; sunning to spine; rubbing to spine tips and corners. Scattered light foxing, mainly to text-block edge and prelims; 3 cm closed tear to fore-edge of frontispiece, affecting margin only. A good copy only. The comprehensive history of the town and district including Tweedmouth and Coldingham, up to publication. £85.00