THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRIGHTON
by CARDER, TIMOTHY
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0861473159
- ISBN 13
- 9780861473151
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LEWES, SUSSEX, UK: EAST SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY. BOUND IN PERFECT FAUX GREEN LEATHER, THIS 1990 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS FINE. NO PAGINATION, WHICH FOR A LIBARY PUBLICATION IS ODD : THIS BOOK IS NOT EX-LIBRARY. PERHAPS 300pp WITH 216 ENTRIES : A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND SEVERAL MAPS. A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND THE RESULT OF MUCH RESEARCH AND GENUINE HARD WORK ; DOUBTLESS A LABOUR OF LOVE FROM A BRIGHTON RESIDENT AND ENTHUSIAST. TAKE ONE EXAMPLE : REFERENCE No. 113 THE OLD SHIP HOTEL. 31-38 KINGS ROAD; ORIGINS; EARLIST RECORD 1665, OWNER RICHARD GILHAM. CONSTRUCTED FROM SHIP'S TIMBERS. STABLES HAVE ENTRANCE CONSTRUCTED OF SHIP'S STERN PIECE. NEXT OWNER NICOLAS TETTERSELL OWNED THE BOAT WHICH TRANSPORTED CHARLES 11 TO FRANCE. NEW FUNCTION ROOM BUILT BY NEXT OWNER WILLIAM HICKS. TILL 1777 WAS TOWN POST OFFICE. FREQUENTED BY ROYALTY. DESCRIBED BY THACKERY IN "VANITY FAIR". WITH 153 BEDROOMS THE HOTEL IS NOW OWNED BY ENGINEERING CONSULTANTCY EWBANK PREECE. ALL THE ENTRIES ARE OD A SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVENESS. CONDITION NAS NEW! . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1990.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002022222275
- Title
- THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRIGHTON
- Author
- CARDER, TIMOTHY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0861473159
- ISBN 13
- 9780861473151
- Publisher
- EAST SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY
- Place of Publication
- LEWES, SUSSEX, UK
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 300
- Keywords
- "THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRIGHTON" BY TIM CARDER 4to HARDCOVER IN GREEN FAUX LEATHER, PUBLISHED BT EAST SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY. 216 ENTRIES, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND SEVERAL MAPS OF DIFFERENT DATES. CONDITION AS NEW!
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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