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Broader Britain: photographs depicting the scenery, the cities and the industries of the colonies and dependencies of the Crown, as well as of certain countries which, although not poitically a part of the Empire, are ... associated with Great Britain
by Anon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Werner Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, large landscape format (14 x 11 inches) hardback bound in half leather and dark green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Leather is worn, split between front board and spine, but holding. Rear board cloth damp marked and faded, no inscriptions. Approx last 100 pages water stained at edges. 196 pages, marbled endpapers, 192 large photos on plates, index. Large number of photos of the United States...and some of the commentaries on local (non-white) inhabitants are of their time... .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46972
- Title
- Broader Britain: photographs depicting the scenery, the cities and the industries of the colonies and dependencies of the Crown, as well as of certain countries which, although not poitically a part of the Empire, are ... associated with Great Britain
- Author
- Anon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Werner Company
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Photography, Victorian Age
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & topography / General;
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
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Ibstock, Leicestershire
About Aucott & Thomas
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- Fair
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