SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE, near Yarmouth; including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of different individuals of the Paston Family. Illustrated by plates from original drawings. Edited by Dawson Turner.
London: Whittaker and Co, 1842. 144 pages. Illustrated with 12 plates, plus a folding pedigree. Original cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the editor on the front endpaper: 'To John Buckler Esq with much respect and esteem from Dawson Turner.' Loosely laid in is a two-page letter, dated 27th June 1848, to an unknown recipient – but possibly John Buckler, discussing the book, and a one-page letter, the sender of which is unknown. Some spotting to the plates; three armorial bookplates to fixed front endpaper; covers patchily faded; short split to lower joint at head of spine; else a very good copy.
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