The Vicar of Morwenstow: A Life of Robert Stephen Hawker, M.A.
by Baring-Gould, S
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- Paperback
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About This Item
London, Henry S. King & Co., 1876, 1876. Paperback. Fair. New and Reviised edn. HB Cloth. G-. Spine sunned and rubbed, cloth torn at top and bottom of spine with loss, cloth split along front hinge, covers rubbed and bumped and showing signs of damp, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, photographic frontiospiece damp stained, guard and title page slightly foxed, front cover gives title as "Memoir of The Rev. R.S. Hawker.
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- Title
- The Vicar of Morwenstow: A Life of Robert Stephen Hawker, M.A.
- Author
- Baring-Gould, S
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London, Henry S. King & Co., 1876
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- CORNWALL TOPOGRAPHY HISTORY BIOGRAPHY HAWKER
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