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Literary Britain: A Reader's Guide to its Writers and Landmarks
by Morley, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/F/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0091396808
- ISBN 13
- 9780091396800
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, top edge very slightly faded. VG* Jacket condition: Black and white line drawn illustrations to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear & ageing to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight darkening to page margins. VG* Illustrations: A few b/w line drawn maps within text.* Pages: 480 pp. text. xxx pp. index at rear.* Description: A readers guide to writers and landmarks laid out regionally and with maps for each section. The chapters follow the major ?A? roads, the A1 through to the A6 with additional sections on Scotland and Ireland. The volume is completed with an index of personal names and places.* A NEAR FINE copy with some ageing and jacket wear reducing it to VG*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4417
- Title
- Literary Britain: A Reader's Guide to its Writers and Landmarks
- Author
- Morley, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/F/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0091396808
- ISBN 13
- 9780091396800
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London UK 510
- Date Published
- 1980-03-24
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