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Certain Delightful English Towns, with Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between
by Howells, W.D. [William Dean]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. First edition. No jacket. Spine creased, board corners bumped, front hinge starting. 1906 Hard Cover. v, 289 pp. Teal boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt. CONTENTS: The Landing of a Pilgrim at Plymouth; Twenty-four Hours at Exeter; A Fortnight in Bath; A Country Town and a Country House; Afternoons in Wells and Bristol; By Way of Southampton to London; In Folkestone Out of Season; Kentish Neighborhoods, Including Canterbury; Oxford; The Charm of Chester; Malvern Among Her Hills; Shrewsbury by Way of Worcester and Hereford; Northampton and the Washington Country.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2335206
- Title
- Certain Delightful English Towns, with Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between
- Author
- Howells, W.D. [William Dean]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 1.81 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY EUROPE EUROPEAN BRITISH ENGLAND ADVENTURE TRAVEL
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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