Country Stories.
by MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Saunders and Otley. 1837 1st.. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. In tan half calf leather binding with watered silk boards. Gilt title to dark green label on blind embossed spine. Speckled edges. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to spine and boards. Bookplate toy front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. 336 pp. A collection of anecdotal stories of life in the English countryside in the early 19th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89437
- Title
- Country Stories.
- Author
- MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Saunders and Otley. 1837 1st.
- Keywords
- Literature mary russell mitford, country stories, english countryside, early 19th century, fine binding,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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