Phillips, John (1853). The Rivers, Mountains and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire with Essays on the Climate, Scenery, and Ancient Inhabitants of the County. London: John Murray, 302pp, 36 lithographed plates + 16pp publishers lists (NB, there is a plate 27a). 1^st edition. Hardback, library binding, green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding sound. Minor shelf wear, ex-library with stamps on free end-paper and numbering on title page, its reverse and spine. Bookplate has been removed from front free endpaper. Text age-toned but clean and unmarked. Plates are slightly foxed. Plate 30 is the first printed colour lithographed map in UK and does not suffer the colour deterioration often noted in this edition. In good condition.