West-Country Stories and Sketches Biographical and Historical
by Rogers, W.H. Hamilton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for the author and sold by James G. Commin, Exeter, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Limited edition no. 37 of 300 copies. Publishers' blue cloth gilt binding, rubbed at extremities, spine and gilt faded, a little fraying. Text block is foxed and browned as usual, rather shaken, a couple of loose plates. No inscriptions, armorial bookplate of G. Windyer Morris on front pastedown. [8] + 203 pages, plates, index. Approx. size 9" by 7". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28115. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28115
- Title
- West-Country Stories and Sketches Biographical and Historical
- Author
- Rogers, W.H. Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author and sold by James G. Commin
- Place of Publication
- Exeter
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- BZDB28 dartmoor devon cornwall sedgemoor smuggling bonville carew ivelchester gaol crime punishment Genealogy & Local History; WestCountry Stories and Sketches Biographical and Historical Rogers WH Hamilton
Terms of Sale
Steve Liddle
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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