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A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography
by Upcott, W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in slightly soiled and torn dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0715813102
- ISBN 13
- 9780715813102
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield, 1978 reprint in one volume of the 1818 first edition, with a new introduction by Jack Simmons. Cloth, large 8vo,. x pp + (lxii, 1576) pp reproduced 4 pages to one page in this edition. Approximately 3,000 entries. Sabin, commenting on the first edition, said "An indispensable adjunct to the library of any public institution or local collector. Contains an accurate record of local historical works, arranged under the various counties which they illustrate, with collations of the various editions, lists of the maps, plates, pages, etc., which perfect copies ought to contain" Includes detailed information on the contents of each book listed. This reprint edition has a new introduction by Jack Simmons. Very Good in slightly soiled and torn dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-17532
- Title
- A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography
- Author
- Upcott, W
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, large 8vo,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in slightly soiled and torn dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715813102
- ISBN 13
- 9780715813102
- Publisher
- E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield, 1978 reprint in one volume of the 1818 first edition, with a new introduction by Jack Simmon
- Place of Publication
- Gb
- Date Published
- with a new introduction by Jack
- Pages
- x pp + (lxii, 1576) pp reproduced 4 pages to one page in this edition
- Keywords
- topography country england county histories history 0715813102
- Bookseller catalogs
- History : British (Bibliographies);
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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