DILKE, Right Hon. Sir Charles (1843-1911). Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall, Chelsea by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart, on Wednesday, January 11th 1888.
31, [2] pp.
“I’m sorry to say that matters have changed for the worse during the past year-and-a-half. Many of the most picturesque features, many of the most beautiful houses, have disappeared”.
Interior: Soiling to title page, old tape repairs in places, creasing in places, slice to bottom of title page, title page appears to have been un-glued at the margin at some point- also in other places- not affecting text.
Exterior: Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt (fraying/tearing to cloth, corners bumped, wear to cloth, binding a little loose. Bowing to boards and to text).
8vo. West Middlesex Advertiser [1888].
A curious historical account, detailing various buildings including public houses, and the Royal Hospital and the Queen’s Elm- where Elizabeth 1st ‘ “stood up” for shelter from a shower with the great Lord Burleigh”.
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet (1843 – 1911) was an English Liberal and Radical politician would be Prime Minister- however his aspirations for this position ended upon his well-publicised divorce case in 1885.
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