THE BRIGHTON ROAD : SPEED, SPORT, AND HISTORY ON THE CLASSIC HIGHWAY
by Harper, Charles G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1906. Hardcover. Good. London: Chapman & Hall, 1906. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 472. Black lettering and illustrations to spine and front of red cloth covered boards. 80 black and white illustrations including color frontispiece, Last Journey of the Horsed Parcel Mail, by Harry Payne. With index.
Moderate scuffing, soiling and wear to boards. Sunning to spine, all corners bumped, spine caps gently folded under and creased. Previous owner's ex-libris book plate to front paste-down endpaper. Some mild foxing. Untrimmed edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Illustrated by author from Old - Time Prints and Pictures. The uses and needs of the countries changing highways in a changing era. Chapters include The Sutton and Reigate Route and The Bolney and Hickstead Route.
Moderate scuffing, soiling and wear to boards. Sunning to spine, all corners bumped, spine caps gently folded under and creased. Previous owner's ex-libris book plate to front paste-down endpaper. Some mild foxing. Untrimmed edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Illustrated by author from Old - Time Prints and Pictures. The uses and needs of the countries changing highways in a changing era. Chapters include The Sutton and Reigate Route and The Bolney and Hickstead Route.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 376
- Title
- THE BRIGHTON ROAD : SPEED, SPORT, AND HISTORY ON THE CLASSIC HIGHWAY
- Author
- Harper, Charles G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- road travel, coach names, horses for transportation
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Plate
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.