Ivan Green's The Book of Deal & Walmer -Kent, England History Signed VG+ Brodart

Description: The book of Deal and WalmerBy Ivan Green 1983 signed and inscribed first edition Barracuda Books Ltd. (Buckingham, England), 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches tall red cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, title printed in red, illustrated, 128 pp. Minor rubbing and edgewear to covers, especially along lower edges. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free-endpaper, across from the half title page. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very slightly soiled but otherwise very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved in a clear archival sleeve. Two 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches tall pamphlets on Deal ('Smuggling in Deal' and 'The Port of Deal') laid in. Deal and Walmer are towns in Kent, England, which lies on the English Channel. Deal is eight miles north-east of Dover and eight miles south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town. Close to Deal is Walmer, a possible location for Julius Caesar's first arrival in Britain. Author Ivan Green (1913-2004) was a local historian, author, lecturer and school teacher who researched and recorded every town and village, castle and parish church in Kent, England. Among his publications were pictorial histories of Dover, Maidstone and Canterbury. His 23rd book, Dover and the Monarchy from Conquest to Revolution 1066-1688, was published by the Dover Society in 2001.

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