ENGLAND : PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
by KNAPP, James B. - publisher :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : James B. Knapp, [ca.1895]. First edition. A pictorial guide - Kent heavily represented, with short chapters on Folkestone, Dover, Deal, Rochester, Chislehurst, Knole, Eltham Palace, Hayes and Keston Common, Downe, Cobham Hall, Hever Castle and Penshurst - with further similar chapters on Twickenham, Kingston-on-Thames, Hampton Court, Ilford, Epping Forest, Alexandra Palace, High Barnet, Lakeland, Huntingdonshire, Tewkesbury Abbey, Ross, Belvoir Castle, Sedgemoor, Dorchester, etc. The eighth volume in a series of "Illustrated Books descriptive of Home and Foreign Travel" - drawing heavily on earlier publications for content and illustration. Foolscap 4to (23cm). 144p. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Original pictorial cloth, blocked in silver, gilt and black; a touch rubbed and just slightly darkened; endpapers a little tanned; some slight spotting of edges, but overall a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31094
- Title
- ENGLAND : PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
- Author
- KNAPP, James B. - publisher :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : James B. Knapp, [ca.1895].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel, Topography, England
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