A & C Black, London, May 1909, 1^st.  Hard cover, 181 pages including Index, followed by fold-out map and double-sided page of ads.  Blue cloth with a few small spots on boards.  Gilt lettering and decorations plus blind rules on front board and spine; top edge gilt.  Wear at corners with bits of board exposed; spine ends bumped with very short tears and tiny losses; binding sound.  Prior owner’s name on FEP.  First 2 front and last 2 rear pages and paste-downs fairly browned; interior pages lightly tanned.  Illustrated with 24 colour plates by Thomas Tyndale, with labeled tissue guards.  Describes the county of Worcestershire, England including General Topography, History, Worcestershire and The Civil War, The Severn Valley, The Vale of Evesham, and The Central Plateau of Worcestershire.