Bemroses' Guide to to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall etc.. With Walks round Matlock-Bath, List of Wild Flowers, Ferns, and Mosses, found in the Neighbourhood, Table of Distances, etc. Edited by Alfred Wallis. SPLENDID COPY IN HALF MOROCCO
by WALLIS (ed.) A
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- Hardcover
- first
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bemrose and Sons,, [1871]. 8vo., First Edition [?], with a folding county map as frontispiece, 8 plates and 16 woodcuts in the text, some light age-staining to wrappers and preliminaries; handsomely bound in dark brown half morocco, marbled boards,gilt back, original pictorial wrappers preserved (front wrapper clipped at corners and mounted), a most attractive copy. With numerous period trade advertisements (a number illustrated) at front and rear. RARE.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6113
- Title
- Bemroses' Guide to to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall etc.. With Walks round Matlock-Bath, List of Wild Flowers, Ferns, and Mosses, found in the Neighbourhood, Table of Distances, etc. Edited by Alfred Wallis. SPLENDID COPY IN HALF MOROCCO
- Author
- WALLIS (ed.) A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bemrose and Sons,
- Date Published
- [1871]
- Keywords
- topography, derbyshire, derbys, matlock, bakewell, chatsworth, haddon hall, guides, guide-books, a. wallis, topography, derbyshire, bemroses', guide, matlock, bakewell, chatsworth, haddon, hall, etc.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...