8vo. [6], 74pp. With an engraved frontispiece and several engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece, corners exposed. Bookseller's ticket of W. & J. Bell of Newcastle to FEP, evidence of armorial bookplate removal to FEP, very occasional light spotting.

The sole edition of a succinct historical account of the former residents, military achievements, and political significance of Naworth Castle and Lanercost Priory, Cumbria, produced by publisher and antiquary Samuel Jefferson of Carlisle. The accounts are complimented by the accompanying memoir of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), resident and notable restorer of Naworth in the sixteenth century,

Very scarce; COPAC records copies at just two locations (Manchester and NLS), OCLC adds no further.