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Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall
by Arthur Norway
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall by Arthur H. Norway, with illustrations by Josh Pennell and Hugh Thomson/
Hardback, 1907, fifth reprint (originally published 1897) numerous illustrations and foldout map to rear, published by Macmillan & Co., Limited, London, 391 pages + viii.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/4". Green soft leather binding, gilt edging and detail to boards, gilt college crest to front board, red leather label and gilt lettering and extensive detail to spine. Some scuffing, a little marking, small signs of shelf-wear but overall colouring of leather and gilt detail very vivid apart from rubbing to small part of crest on front board. Binding firm. Corners slightly bumped. Book fans out a little towards outer edges, slight curvature to boards. Page edges and endpapers have attractive marbling. College prizegiving bookplate to front pastedown. Page surfaces clean, slight marking and occasional minor foxing but otherwise fine and no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
Hardback, 1907, fifth reprint (originally published 1897) numerous illustrations and foldout map to rear, published by Macmillan & Co., Limited, London, 391 pages + viii.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/4". Green soft leather binding, gilt edging and detail to boards, gilt college crest to front board, red leather label and gilt lettering and extensive detail to spine. Some scuffing, a little marking, small signs of shelf-wear but overall colouring of leather and gilt detail very vivid apart from rubbing to small part of crest on front board. Binding firm. Corners slightly bumped. Book fans out a little towards outer edges, slight curvature to boards. Page edges and endpapers have attractive marbling. College prizegiving bookplate to front pastedown. Page surfaces clean, slight marking and occasional minor foxing but otherwise fine and no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-002
- Title
- Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall
- Author
- Arthur Norway
- Illustrator
- Josh Pennell and Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Pages
- 391
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Devon; Cornwall; Places; Travel; Britain; Geography
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Edges
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- Marginalia
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
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