(FORE EDGE PAINTING) GILPIN, JOSHUA Twenty-one Discourses Delivered in the Parish Church of Wrockwardine, in the County of Salop. London: John Hatchard and Son, 1827.8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches), red straight-grain morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt-lettered, a.e.g. gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. With a fore edge painting of West Gate, Canterbury. First edition. Flyleaf with offset image of a previously tipped-in presentation letter from the author. Corners slightly bruised; minor wear to boards, with expert repair; 2-inch tear to f.f.e.p.