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Thomas Holmes, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Light thumb marking, foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and creasing to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Thomas Holmes. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG for age. Blind-stamped black cloth with gilt lettered and decorated sp. and small central image of train to fr., surprisingly good for age but some corner bumping and a few tiny white flecks. t.p. engraving very early type train, with tanned tissue guard, t.p. with central engraving of 'The Peak, Derbyshire' + iv + 280, un-numbered full page engraved plates ex-pagination throughout, some across full opening; the main internal fault is some fairly light but extensive tanning patches, p.o. sig to fr. end-paper above circulat, barely visible impressed ex-lib. stamp of Derek Gair Gibson (eminent cardiologist, d. 2021), 1.5 cm hole to fr. gutter, verso rear end-paper has some money totting sums towards top, otherwise internally clean and tight, all edges gilt. Undated but c. 1840, latest date I spotted in text was 1836 and railway train images depict types from this period. Covers a very wide range of miscellaneous topics from astronomy to St.… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London, : G.L. Hutchinson, no year, about 1850,. 225x140mm,. 280 pages, editor's binding. Good condition.

London: Hutchinson Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. no date (c. 1840), in original embossed and gilt-decorated green cloth, attractive gilt decorations on spine, 280pp, numerous b/w plates and text illustrations. occasional light foxing, otherwise fine copy.. F. Hardcover.