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The New Forest Handbook: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary. Illustrated with Original Photographs by J. G. Short.
by PHILLIPS, C. J:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J.G. Short, Lyndhurst, 1876. 2nd edition (but the first to be illustrated with photographs). Folding map at front and 10 albumen photographs mounted on thin card leaves within black ruled borders; these captioned in very light pencil on the blank margins. 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches), 106-pages with 1 leaf of advertisements at end. Original bevelled green cloth attractively blocked in gilt, all edges gilt. Some marking to lower bevelled edge, headbands a trifle bruised. Overall this is a superb copy. Inscribed on verso of front free endpaper "Presented to G. J. Smith, August 29th 1880, by his loving wife Fannie".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19518
- Title
- The New Forest Handbook: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary. Illustrated with Original Photographs by J. G. Short.
- Author
- PHILLIPS, C. J:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.G. Short, Lyndhurst, 1876.
- Bookseller catalogs
- The New Forest;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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