History of Chatsworth Being a Supplement to the Sixth Duke of Devonshire's Handbook
by Thompson, Francis
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Country Life Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition?. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Foredges are foxed. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. The light blue cloth cover has small light spots on the bottom half of spine. Dust jacket has shelf wear at corners and spine with a 2 inch tear at the top of spine and several other small tears along the top and bottom edges, there is a surface scrape at the bottom back of dj.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall .
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- Title
- History of Chatsworth Being a Supplement to the Sixth Duke of Devonshire's Handbook
- Author
- Thompson, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition?
- Publisher
- Country Life Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Chatsworth, England Architecture, History B0006AS8SK
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- History;
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Folio
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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