Item #104359 The Life of Jonathan Martin, Incendiary of York Minster with some account of William and Richard Martin. Thomas Balston.

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

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.

§ First edition. A thorough and academic look at an eccentric and influential man and his family, with several contemporary illustrations reproduced alongside the text. Item #104359

Price: $45.00

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