London: George Allen &Unwin, 1932. HEAVY. 399pp, coloured frontispiece, with tissue-guard, b/w plates, line drawings. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge uncut. Prelims, endpages and page edges foxed. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf with a note that this book was chosen, out of 22,000, as one of the 50 best-produced works of its year (1932). Decorative green cloth boards, gilt, sunned and slightly foxed at the faded spine which has a nick towards its upper edge.. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 023895
Title: Hitchin Worthies: Four Centuries of English Life
Author: Hine, Reginald L
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: George Allen &Unwin
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: Local History Hitchin Herts Family History Genealogy
Bookseller catalogs: History- Britain & Europe; Signed;

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Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...