A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's eastern rivers. This heavily illustrated volume includes sections on the the Tay, the Tweed, the Tyne, The Humber and its tributaries, and the rivers of the Wash. The corner of the front endpaper and front free endpaper has been torn and is missing. The guard of the title page has a large horizontal tear. The final page of the index has been partially adhered to the rear pastedown. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, more so to the joints and the spine where there is some soiling. Bumped and rubbed to the head and tail of the spine, with a couple of closed tears to each. Internally, firmly bound. The front endpapers are marked and missing the top corner, otherwise pages are bright and clean throughout. Very