Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire. 1939. With Coloured Map.
by KELLY'S DIRECTORY:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Kelly’s Directories Ltd., 1939. Tall hardback, 10.5 x 7 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and both boards. Black printed adverts to boards. Red speckled page edges. Adverts to endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to ends of spine and corners else cloth very clean and smart. Endpapers bright, Small penned letters to top corner “NAR, Aug 80.” Map has minor tear to folded corner of bound edge. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 424pp +37pp adverts. With coloured fold-out map at front.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85979
- Title
- Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire. 1939. With Coloured Map.
- Author
- KELLY'S DIRECTORY:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Kelly’s Directories Ltd., 1939
- Keywords
- ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY KELLY'S DIRECTORY, Dorsetshire, dorset, history, geography, administration, inhabitants, businesses, catalogued, 1939, map,
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
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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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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.