Rowland Hill - genius and benefactor 1795-1879
by Hey, Colin G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Published by Quiller Press, London, 1989, 1st edition. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xviii, 192pp plus 16pp plates (27 images). Whilst best known for the creation of the modern postal system, Hill was also an educationalist who founded Hazlewood school in Birmingham, was involved in the colonisation of South Australia and helped save the London & Brighton railway from bankruptcy. VG / VG.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Missing Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25817
- Title
- Rowland Hill - genius and benefactor 1795-1879
- Author
- Hey, Colin G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
Terms of Sale
Missing Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...