Yorkshire Past and Present: a History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, from the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; with an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering
by Baines, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: William Mackenzie, nd. Hardcover. 4vols. 4to (300 x 240mm). Published as being in 2 vols with Vol I as Division I and Division II and Vol II as Division III and Division IV (4 books). Pp 352 + prelims + engraved frontis and 6 other engravings per Division except Div IV which has 5 + coloured fold-out map. Original claret cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt and blind on the spine and upper panel and blind stamped on the lower. All vols have been re-backed with the original spines laid on to new spines + new endpapers. AEG. Some wear to cloth at extremities and original spines. Some foxing particularly the prelims. Some plate tissue guards damaged. A very nice set.
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- The Glass Key (FR)
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- Title
- Yorkshire Past and Present: a History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, from the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; with an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering
- Author
- Baines, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: William Mackenzie, nd
- Keywords
- Yorkshire
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