The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Volumes I and II
by Wilson, John Marius
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1876. Book. Good. Half-Leather. Unknown. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co., 1876. Edition unstated. 4to. Black leather covered spine and corners, with red title field on spine, gilt lettering and designs embossed on spine over black boards with marbled edges on text block, endpapers decorated with marbling, illustrated frontispieces in each book, one and two page maps in color, illustrated with etched plates, Volume I: 1191 pp, Volume II: 1153 pp, plus 95 pp index. "The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales; embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics, postal arrangements; railways systems, &c; and forming a complete description of the Country". Rare! Shelf wear on bindings, front board on Volume I has 3.5" raised circle, owner name and a few notations and foxing to varying degrees on pages, pages just starting to tan, but not brittle. Text still quite legible; lots of life (and history) left in these 130+ year old books! Good..
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- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0-44-04
- Title
- The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Volumes I and II
- Author
- Wilson, John Marius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Unknown
- Publisher
- A. Fullarton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- CHANGES TO COUNTIES DIOCESES PARISHES BOROUGHS STATISTICS POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS RAILWAY SYSTEMS MAPS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; British History; Rare History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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