A Guide to Ripon and Fountains Abbey

Harrogate and Bolton Priory, including a fold-out map

Author

John Richard Walbran, revised by the Rev Canon Raine and William Fowler Stephenson

Publisher

A Johnson & Co, Ripon, 1875

Printing Details

Twelfth Edition, hardback bound in the original green cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 22 × 14cm, xviii + 210pp

A guide to Ripon and Fountains Abbey and other well-known places in North Yorkshire, his copy illustrated with plans and small diagrams within the text, as well as a larger fold-out map of the area.

Condition

A reference copy only as the binding is very weak. The hinges are cracked (but holding) and with some pulling to the inner binding. Boards lightly rubbed and all illustrations are present, including the attractive fold-out map. Curious previous owner's inscription to the ffep: "John Thornton, Laleham, In remembrance of Studley sale, Friday, Sep 3rd 1897"