The County Books. Shropshire. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by VALE Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Robert Hale,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very faintly browned at backstrip. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19082
- Title
- The County Books. Shropshire. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- VALE Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Hale,
- Date Published
- [1949]
- Keywords
- topography, county books, shropshire, salop, edmund vale
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
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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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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