CARY'S TRAVELLER'S COMPANION; CARY'S NEW ITINERARY OR AN ACCURATE DELINEATION OF THE GREAT ROADS BOTH DIRECT AND CROSS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES WITH MANY OF THE PRINCIPAL RAODS IN SCOTLAND FROM AN ACTUAL ADMEASUREMENT MADE BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S
by Cary, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Cary. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown half calf, marbled papers replaced on boards, edges a little rubbed, previous owners signature in graphite, contents very good, clean and tight, folding map intact. A very scarce First Edition of this highly valued book.; 7.5" x 5.25"; 796 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18138
- Title
- CARY'S TRAVELLER'S COMPANION; CARY'S NEW ITINERARY OR AN ACCURATE DELINEATION OF THE GREAT ROADS BOTH DIRECT AND CROSS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES WITH MANY OF THE PRINCIPAL RAODS IN SCOTLAND FROM AN ACTUAL ADMEASUREMENT MADE BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S
- Author
- Cary, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Cary
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- Antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...