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Wandering and Excursions in South Wales. Including The Scenery of the River Wye. With Engravings by Radclyffe, From Drawings by Cox, Harding, Fielding, Creswick, Watson, &c.
by ROSCOE, THOMAS:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, C. Tilt & Simpkin and Co. / Wrightson & Webb, no dates circa 1836.. Hardback, 9.75 x 6.5 inches. In later brown cloth binding with original leather panels and gilt vignettes mounted on front and rear boards. Later leather spine label. Full gilt page edging. In very good condition. Later cloth binding with original leather board decorations. Later endpapers. Bookplate to front “Count Charles de Salis.” Some mild foxing to plates, moderate foxing to frontis and engraved title page. Some staining to bottom corner of pages. Binding tight and sound. Map has a couple of minor spots else clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 268pp + index. Illustrated 48 B&W engravings, including decorative title page and vignettes, and a map of the Wye Valley (p124.) SOUTH WALES ONLY. (Does NOT include Northern Section.)
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95279
- Title
- Wandering and Excursions in South Wales. Including The Scenery of the River Wye. With Engravings by Radclyffe, From Drawings by Cox, Harding, Fielding, Creswick, Watson, &c.
- Author
- ROSCOE, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, C. Tilt & Simpkin and Co. / Wrightson & Webb, no dates circa 1836.
- Keywords
- ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY ROSCOE, THOMAS: Wandering and Excursions in South Wales, Scenery, River Wye, Engravings by Radclyffe, C. Tilt & Simpkin and Co., Wrightson & Webb, ca1836, map, engraved plates, views, towns, parishes, valleys, ports, villages,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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