A General Account of All the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with Their Several Courses, Their Peculiar Characters, the Countries Through Which They Flow, and the Entire Sea Coast of Our Island; Concluding with a Minute Description of the Thames
by Skrine, Henry
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed By T. Bensley for P. Elmsley,, 1801. Hardback, full calf. 21.5 x 13.5cm. Half-title, title. xx, 412pp. Folding frontis and 17 maps. Inscribed 'From the author' on the back of the frontis. Spine relaid retains remains of original backstrip. Some rubbing to extremities. New end-papers. Contents and plates clean. A pleasing copy. (h4). Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H4BRN14821
- Title
- A General Account of All the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with Their Several Courses, Their Peculiar Characters, the Countries Through Which They Flow, and the Entire Sea Coast of Our Island; Concluding with a Minute Description of the Thames
- Author
- Skrine, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed By T. Bensley for P. Elmsley,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
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