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History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby with the Town of Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire
by White Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near very Good
- Seller
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sheffield, Great Britain: Francis White & Co, 1857. First Edition Thus . Half-Leather. Near very Good. 8vo. 1st edition thus. 996 pages. No map. This is a splendid gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire containing an endless amount of information on every aspect of the county. It also contains a directory of Sheffield. In original green textured cloth hard cover boards. Original half-leather binding but the spine has been professionally replaced with a handsome matching black buckram gilt backstrip. First few pages are a little browned otherwise contents are very clean and tight. Near Very Good. A very substantial book. WIL LREQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Delph Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9513
- Title
- History Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby with the Town of Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire
- Author
- White Francis
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Francis White & Co
- Place of Publication
- Sheffield, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- DIRECTORY DERBYSHIRE GAZETTEER BURTON UPON TRENT SHEFFIELD
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
Glossary
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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