H. J. Wilkins — Redland Chapel and Redland

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this local history of Redland and Redland Chapel in Bristol. First edition. Very scarce work. With a frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. A charming local history of Redland, a neighbourhood in Bristol, England, situated between Clifton, Cotham, Bishopston and Westbury Park. With commentary on the Redland Parish Church, a Georgian church, built in 1742 probably by John Strahan and completed by William Halfpenny, as a private chapel for John Cossins who had purchased the local manor house, Redland Court. Written by Henry John Wilkins, an English local historian who wrote numerous books on Bristol and its famous residents. Previously held in Bristol Museum Libraries. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges with minor loss to the head of the spine as well as the board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bristol Museum blind stamp to the odd page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .