STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE: A PICTURESQUE HISTORY OF THE COACHING AGE (2 VOLUME SET) by Harper, Charles G - 1903

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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Chapman & Hall. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Former Library book. Volume 2. Spine slanted, ends worn. Front joint slightly torn. Back hinge cracked. Bookplate of Mendel Peterson (pioneer in the field of underwater archeology and former curator at the Smithsonian Institution) inside. (stagecoach)

Hardback. New.

London: Chapman & Hall , 1903. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None stated . The first edition of Charles G. Harper's illustrated history of stage and mail coaching in two volumes. The first edition.Two volume complete set. Illustrated with monochrome frontispieces, monochrome vignettes and twenty-two monochrome plates to 'Volume I' and thirty-nine to 'Volume II'. Collated complete. This set of works on coaching was written by the English author and illustrator, Charles G. Harper, and provides a historical account of stage and mail coaching, discussing the introduction of carriages, up to the end of the coaching age and what became of the coachmen.In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloths. Externally very smart with fading to the spines and extremities, bumping to the extremities with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine to 'Volume II' and spotting to the front board to 'Volume I'. Bookseller's label and ink inscriptions to the front pastedowns… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1903. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Various . The first edition of Charles G Harper's pictorial history of the coaching age in two volumes. A comprehensive history of the coaching days written by Charles G Harper, English author and illustrator.  The first edition, complete in two volumes. From the introduction of carriages to the end of the coaching age and what became of the coachmen. With final chapter concerned with the 'Old England of Coaching Days.' Illustrated from old-time prints and pictures. Collated, complete with frontispiece to each volume, sixty-one full page plates and further illustrations in text. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip gently faded. Minor faint damp mark to front board vol. I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clen. Very Good