Posted: 2012-01-21 22:00
The Island's literary connections are well known of course with such luminaries as Tennyson, Dickens and Swinburne. However, arguably, less well known authors have also been inspired by the allure of the ' Garden Isle '; and their published works are just as desirable to the serious collector. When you are next casually browsing the ' Local History Section ' of your nearest antiquarian bookshop,....(yes - I know you can also search 'on-line' ),... you may well come across any number of the following historical, illustrated gems:
ADAMS, W.H. DAVENPORT - The History, Topography and
Antiquities of the Isle of
Wight. Ryde. 1851
ALBIN, J. - History of the Isle of Wight.
Newport. 1759
ARNELL, C.J. - Poets of the Isle of Wight.
Newport.1922
BARBER, T. - Picturesque Illustration of
the Isle of Wight. London.
1840
BRETTELL, T. - A Topographical & Historical
Guide to the Isle of Wight.
London. 1840
BRANNON, G. - Picture of the Isle of Wight.
Wootton, I.W. 1865
COOKE, W. - A New Picture of the Isle of
Wight. 2nd Edition.
Southampton. 1813
CLARKE, J. - The Delineator or
Description of the Isle of
Wight. 7th Edition. Newport.
1826
DYSON, J.B. - Methodism in the Isle of
Wight. Ventnor. 1865
ELDRIDGE, R.J. - Newport, Isle of Wight in
Bygone Days. Newport. 1952
ENGLEFIELD, SIR HENRY - A Description of the Isle of
Wight. London. 1816
GARLE, H. - A Driving Tour in the Isle of
Wight. 1905
GUEST, MONTAGUE & WILLIAM B.
BOULTON - The Royal Yacht Squadron.
London. 1903
HASSELL, J. - Tour of the Isle of Wight.
London. 1790
HILL - Hill's Historical & Commercial
Directory of the Isle of Wight.
1871
JENKINSON, H.I. - A Small Practical Guide to
the Isle of Wight. London.
1883
KOKERITZ, HELGE - The Place-names of the Isle
of the Isle of Wight. Upsalla,
Sweden. 1940
RAYE, CHARLES - A Picturesque Tour Through
the Isle of Wight. London.
1825
ROWE, GEORGE - A Picturesque Illustration of
the Isle of Wight. Cowes.
1826
STONE, PERCY GODDARD - The Architectural Antiquities
of the Isle of Wight. London.
Parts 1 & 2. 1891
WORSLEY, SIR RICHARD - The History of the Isle of
Wight. London. 1781
WYNDHAM, H.P. - A Picture of the Isle of Wight
London. 1793
Other names to look out for WILLIAM LAMBERT, REV. EDMUND VENABLES, DR. DARBS, MANTELL, REEDING-WARE, ROSCOE, LONG, CORNISH, HUGHES and NELSON.
Happy Hunting !Below are two images of a collector's Dedicated Edition of Sir Henry C. Englefield's , '' A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight ''. Published for Payne & Foss, 88 Pall Mall, London in 1816. This copy was refurbished and boxed for the owner.