The Life of Jonathan Martin, Incendiary of York Minster with some account of William and Richard Martin

  • SIGNED
  • 1945
By Balston, Thomas
1945. London: MacMillan & Co., LTD, 1945.

8vo, x, 146, [2]pp. plus frontispiece and 15 plates in black and white. Original black cloth titled in gilt to backstrip; frontispiece from an engraving, with 15 black-and-white plates. Some staining and rubbing to boards, slight bumping to bottom right corner. Signed by author with a dedicatory inscription (dated May 18, 1947) to front free endpaper. Very good.

ß First edition. A thorough and academic look at an eccentric and influential man and his family, with several contemporary illustrations reproduced alongside the text.

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Title

The Life of Jonathan Martin, Incendiary of York Minster with some account of William and Richard Martin

Author

Balston, Thomas

Condition

Unknown

Date

1945


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