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Descriptions of The Country from thirty to forty Miles around Manchester
by Aiken, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Modern full brown calf. Fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Stockdale, 1795. First edition. leather_bound. Modern full brown calf. Fine. 624 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Engraved frontispiece and additional title, two immense folding engraved maps (including one hand-coloured map of country around Manchester, 43 engraved plates and 18 single-page maps and plans, list of subscribers includes Booksellers as a separate entity after the alphabetical list. Contains a section on canals in the area. Index. All interior plates with tissue guards, some of which slightly toned. Interior contents generally clean and fresh. LOWNDES, I, p.22. UPCOT. pps 462-465. Owner inscription free front endpaper. A large, very heavy tome weighing over eight pounds. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, black leather spine label printed in gilt with cover border panels in both blind and gilt arabesques.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24028
- Title
- Descriptions of The Country from thirty to forty Miles around Manchester
- Author
- Aiken, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Modern full brown calf. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
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