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Dobson, Margaret Jane
Memoir of John Dobson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects : Containing Some Account of the Revival of Architecture in the North of England with a List of His Works
Publisher: Hamilton & Adams, London;
Edition: 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 1885
Stock Code: 3882
PRESENTATION COPY. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. 131 pp. Frontispiece of portrait bust of John Dobson with tissue guard plus engraving of his original design for the Central Station. Book Condition: Very Good. Red quarter calf with gilt line decoration over blue cloth with gilt titles to upper board. Minor loss to spine tips. Cover cloth surface soiled with wear to corners; upper corners bumped. Endpapers a little toned; tissue guard creased with light foxing. Gift inscription handwritten to ffep by the Author, John Dobson's daughter Margaret, to Anne Craggs, his housekeeper, dated 1886. Scarce copy of the only edition of this comprehensive work on the celebrated Northumbrian architect, who has a street in central Newcastle named in his memory. Dobson worked at many of the larger domestic properties in the North of England, as well as numerous churches and civic & commercial premises. Rare. £125.00