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The Discoveries of Roman Remains Found in Repairing The North Wall of the City of Chester by J.P. Earwaker, published in 1888. Neatly laid in the book is a letter from the author as well as an original publishers prospectus for the book. Sections Include: Official Report on the Discoveries of Roman Remains at Chester, The Roman Inscriptions Discovered at Chester During the First Repairs to the North Wall, Notes of a Sculptured Stone Recently Found in the North Wall of the City of Chester, The Age of the Walls of Chester, Deva: It's Walls and Streets of Chester in the Time of the Romans, etc. etc. etc. Hardcover with shelfwear to corners and ends. Old bookplate pasted over the remains of an earlier on on endsheet.
