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On The Mountain: being the Welsh Experiences of Abraham Black & Jonas White, Esquires, Moralists, Photographers, Fishermen and Botanists
by TUGWELL Rev George 1829-1910
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: New Burlington Street: Richard Bentley, 1862. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TUGWELL Georgel. HBS (Hanhart lith.). In contemporary embossed red cloth, gilt climbing equipment emblem, edges rubbed. Re-spined, remains of old laid down, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-vii), [1], [1], 2-262 pp, 2 pls (coloured), with the tipped in errata, a.e.g., 1866 book prize label to ffep. (180*119 mm). (Westwood 211. Allibone 2469). Tugwell also published A Manual of Sea Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast (1856), which was explicitly addressed to 'amateur ramblers about our English coasts who take a pleasure in noticing every form of beauty which they may encounter in their wanderings' and cited the blessings of sea anemones as their beauty, the ease with which they can be collected, and that 'they may be kept in the drawing room or the study without trouble or annoyance, and may be carried away to our country-houses as a permanent memorial of our visit to the seaside'.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007142
- Title
- On The Mountain: being the Welsh Experiences of Abraham Black & Jonas White, Esquires, Moralists, Photographers, Fishermen and Botanists
- Author
- TUGWELL Rev George 1829-1910
- Illustrator
- TUGWELL Georgel. HBS (Hanhart lith.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London: New Burlington Street
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.21 lbs
- Keywords
- Tugwell On the Mountain topography travel tour Wales Welsh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Mountaineering and Climbing;
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We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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