The Story of Canterbury by G.R.Stirling Taylor - 1912

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.; 1912. (Mediaeval Town Series). Hardcover. No dust cover. Previous library book. Illustrated by Katherine Kimball. Light blue cloth covered boards with gilt detailing to front and spine. Very, very slight forward lean. Corners bumped and rubbed. Book plate to first paste down presented by Miss Katherine Kimball- some writing to top of page. SIGNED by the illustrator Katherine Kimball on FFEP from Paris, dated 1912. FFEP and RFEP tanned. Sepia portrait of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury as frontispiece, with tissue covering. List of illustrations. Pull out plan of Canterbury with embossed stamp from Bath Public Reference Library. Other pullouts present. Slight tear to map. Embossed Bath Public Reference Library stamps throughout. Gilt top edge to text block. A beautiful book.