Kent
by W. Teignmouth Shore
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: A and C Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7". W. Biscombe Gardner. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Kent, England, illustrated lavishly in colour throughout. The first edition of this work. A charming and insightful study into the county of Kent, England, an interesting look into the history of the county and how it was at the turn of the century. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, one folding plate, and seventy-two colour plates. Collated, complete. Written by W. Teignmouth Shore. Illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart with slight bumping to the extremities. The occasional mark to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound, slightly strained in places. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 820K9
- Title
- Kent
- Author
- W. Teignmouth Shore
- Illustrator
- W. Biscombe Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A and C Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 9" by 7"
- Keywords
- W. Teignmouth Shore W. Biscombe Gardner Kent W. Biscombe Gardner
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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