[Biographical ] Supplement to the Bibliographer's manual of Gloucestershire literature : being a classified catalogue of biographical and genealogical literature relating to men and women connected by birth, office, or many years' residence with the county of Gloucester or the city of Bristol, with descriptive and explanatory notes. Part I [and II]. [2 volumes, complete set]
by Hyett, F.A. ; Austin, R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Copy No. 5 of the large-paper issue, initialled by the authors on the limitation page. A mildly ex-library set with gilt library
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for the subscribers, Gloucester, first edition, 1915 -1916. Limited edition of 75 large-paper copies (there were also 110 small-paper copies). 2 vols, later cloth, large 8vo, 26 cm. xlviii, 284 + viii, 285-639, [3] pp, plates. Copy No. 5 of the large-paper issue, initialled by the authors on the limitation page. A mildly ex-library set with gilt library numbers on the spines and elegant library booklabels on the front pastedown endpapers, and a barcode sticker on the verso of the rear free endpaper of the first volume. Covers a little rubbed, otherwise Very Good.
Details
- Seller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-57893
- Title
- [Biographical ] Supplement to the Bibliographer's manual of Gloucestershire literature : being a classified catalogue of biographical and genealogical literature relating to men and women connected by birth, office, or many years' residence with the county of Gloucester or the city of Bristol, with descriptive and explanatory notes. Part I [and II]. [2 volumes, complete set]
- Author
- Hyett, F.A. ; Austin, R
- Format/Binding
- 2 vols, later cloth, large 8vo, 26 cm
- Book Condition
- Used - Copy No. 5 of the large-paper issue, initialled by the authors on the limitation page. A mildly ex-library set with gilt library
- Edition
- Limited edition of 75 large-paper copies (there were also 110 sm
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the subscribers, Gloucester, first edition, 1915 -1916
- Date Published
- 1915 -1916
- Pages
- xlviii, 284 + viii, 285-639, [3] pp, plates
- Keywords
- Gloucestershire (England) Bibliography. Printing England Gloucestershire History. Cheltenham Moreton-in-the Marsh Batsford Park Painswick Stroud Tetbury Bristol (England) Bibliography. Hyett, Francis Adams ; Bazeley, William; Austin, Roland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Places & Travel (Bibliographies);
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Wykeham Books
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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