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THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRIGHTON
[Buy it!] | CARDER, TIMOTHY | USD 96.50
(Sun May 26 13:25:15 2024) | AbebooksUK | Camilla's Bookshop | ISBN10: 0861473159, ISBN13: 9780861473151, [publisher: EAST SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY, LEWES, SUSSEX, UK] Hardcover First Edition BOUND IN PERFECT FAUX GREEN LEATHER, THIS 1990 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS FINE. NO PAGINATION, WHICH FOR A LIBARY PUBLICATION IS ODD : THIS BOOK IS NOT EX-LIBRARY. PERHAPS 300pp WITH 216 ENTRIES : A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND SEVERAL MAPS. A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND THE RESULT OF MUCH RESEARCH AND GENUINE HARD WORK ; DOUBTLESS A LABOUR OF LOVE FROM A BRIGHTON RESIDENT AND ENTHUSIAST. TAKE ONE EXAMPLE : REFERENCE No. 113 THE OLD SHIP HOTEL. 31-38 KINGS ROAD; ORIGINS; EARLIST RECORD 1665, OWNER RICHARD GILHAM. CONSTRUCTED FROM SHIP'S TIMBERS. STABLES HAVE ENTRANCE CONSTRUCTED OF SHIP'S STERN PIECE. NEXT OWNER NICOLAS TETTERSELL OWNED THE BOAT WHICH TRANSPORTED CHARLES 11 TO FRANCE. NEW FUNCTION ROOM BUILT BY NEXT OWNER WILLIAM HICKS. TILL 1777 WAS TOWN POST OFFICE. FREQUENTED BY ROYALTY. DESCRIBED BY THACKERY IN "VANITY FAIR". WITH 153 BEDROOMS THE HOTEL IS NOW OWNED BY ENGINEERING CONSULTANTCY EWBANK PREECE. ALL THE ENTRIES ARE OD A SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVENESS. CONDITION NAS NEW!
[Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1990] |
