Lot 10
Civil War.- Good Newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire, only edition, for Tho.Bates, 1642.
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Civil War.- Good Newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire, 8pp., only edition, typographical ornaments, woodcut initials, browned, first leaf of text with section of text at foot faint but legible, trimmed, 19th century half calf, rubbed, [Wing G1068], small 4to, for Tho.Bates, 1642.
⁂ In 1642, during the English Civil War, a Parliamentary garrison moved into Southampton, initially to defend against seaborne attack by Royalist ships.
Rare; ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Queens' and Worcester Colleges in Oxford) and 5 in America. Library Hub adds a copy at Strathclyde University. We can trace only 2 copies sold at auction, the most recent in 1981.
Description
Civil War.- Good Newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire, 8pp., only edition, typographical ornaments, woodcut initials, browned, first leaf of text with section of text at foot faint but legible, trimmed, 19th century half calf, rubbed, [Wing G1068], small 4to, for Tho.Bates, 1642.
⁂ In 1642, during the English Civil War, a Parliamentary garrison moved into Southampton, initially to defend against seaborne attack by Royalist ships.
Rare; ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Queens' and Worcester Colleges in Oxford) and 5 in America. Library Hub adds a copy at Strathclyde University. We can trace only 2 copies sold at auction, the most recent in 1981.
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