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England: Picturesque and Descriptive
by Joel Cook
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Co. , 1900. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Gilbo & Co. . Bright first US edition of this work exploring England, complete in two volumes. A survey of England with notes both descriptive and historical, exploring the country from Liverpool through the Welsh Coast, the Scottish border, the Midlands, River Thames and London, &c. Complete in two volumes, first US edition following the UK edition of 1882. Illustrated with forty nine photogravure made by Gilbo & Co. as well as a folding colour map to the rear vol. II. Collated, lacking frontispiece to vol. I. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth binding, with armorial gilt tooling to front board, titles in gilt to spine. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, spine and boards bumped to extremities, light fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With forty-nine full page plates of photogravures protected with tissue guard and a folding map to rear vol. II. Collated, lacking frontispiece vol. I. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 819A14
- Title
- England: Picturesque and Descriptive
- Author
- Joel Cook
- Illustrator
- Gilbo & Co.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- england illustrated first editions illustrated
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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