LIMITED EDITION WITH A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TO THE ARTIST JOSEPH CRAWHALL: Collectanea Curiosa or Miscellaneous Reprints of Rare Tracts &c. Relating to Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown paper covered boards in good condition embossed to edges in triplicate blind rule. Gilt lettering to front. Slight wear to corners and edges. ‘Robinson - Collectanea Cvriosa’ handwritten along spine which is bumped to top and bottom. End papers age toned otherwise unmarked. Front paste down contains owner’s bookplate of Joseph Crawhall an English artist born in Morpeth associated with the Glasgow Boys. Front free end paper has pasted the publisher’s original advertisement for the book. Engraved title page lightly spotted, verso to which reads ‘100 Copies printed’. Onlaid on p 3 is a handwritten letter from the editor Robert Robinson dated 1893 to Mr Crawhall. Mention is made of the drawings of another artist Robert Johnson also from the Newcastle upon Tyne area. Text block in good clean condition with some spotting to final leaves. 7 full page b/w engravings of Newcastle worthies each protected with original dust sheets. Antique woodcut initial letters throughout. 64 pp collated and complete.