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British Castles
by Ashdown, Charles H
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Bound in green cloth with grey and black border and pictorial and yellow title to front board and spine. Illustrated with 32 full-page colour illustrations, and some black and white ground plans. Cloth a little rubbed at extremities and darkening but with patches of lighter areas a little scuffed, a few tiny spots of scuffing to spine, book seller's ticket to front pastdown, some tanning to endpapers, light dust soil and foxing to outside edges of pages. Green paper of dust-jacket browned overall, excluding faps (which are dark at edges), worn and creased at edges, spine completely browned, chips at corners, large chip to head of spine with loss of paper extending down front edge of spine four inches, small chip out of text to spine ('R' from 'British' lost), chip removing half of heel and portion of publisher, general wear to edges, large crease the length of top edge of rear panel, some light scratches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26454
- Title
- British Castles
- Author
- Ashdown, Charles H
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Heel
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- Edges
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