Southampton: The Guide Printing & Publishing Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Ex-libris Bookplate, "Leonard William Harrington Hutchings," to front pastedown. Some foxing to folding map. Rubbing to ends of spine. 1/2" split to cloth at head of rear spine joint. 1/4" tear to cloth at head of front spine joint. 1/4" tear along front spine joint. 3/8" tear at tail of front spine joint. Some rubbing to corners of boards with up to 1/8 " loss of cloth.; 130 pages + folding map. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page edges gilt. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 278mm x 215mm. "Profusely Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Five Specially Prepared Photographic Process Views." ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8034
Title: Abbot's Illustrated Counties Dorsetshire Its History, Antiquities Places Of Interest, Etc A Complete, Concise And Exhaustive Story Of Dorset From The Earliest Times To Present Day
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Guide Printing & Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Southampton
Date Published: 1896

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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