History of Aldborough and Boroughbridge, Containing an Account of the Roman Antiquities, Devil’s Arrows, Churches, Hall, and other Curiosities.

First edition. vii, 192pp, seven illustration plates. Green half leather over marbled boards, five spine ribs. All edges gilt. 12mo. Front board detached (repairable). Heavy wear to leather all over. Spine ends heavily rubbed. Corners heavily rubbed. Gilt edged text block. Marbled end papers. First page missing. Lender’s stamp on title page and verso. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring occasional spotting mainly on plates..

Claims to be the first complete history to be published – “the want of a work of this kind has long been felt”. Although the author is not identified in the volume, some sources attribute it to William Grainge, the English antiquarian and poet who wrote widely on Yorkshire and its history and topography.  Some on line sources give T S Turner as the author but this would seem to be an uncertain supposition based on the local publisher.  Hard to find volume in its original edition.