London, Kelly’s Directories Ltd., 1924. Tall hardback, 10.5 x 7 inches. Red cloth with blind embossed decoration to boards with gilt lettering to spine and both boards. Red speckled page edges. Adverts to endpapers. Black lettering to spine “Always Order Schweppes.” In very good condition. Some fading to spine, with some minor rubbing to ends and corners. Small marks to endpapers. Endpapers cracked between hinges. Slight crease to corner of main map, with repaired tear to edge of facsimile Speed map. One or two minor handling marks else inside pages all very clean and tight. No penned inscriptions or marks. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 523pp. +27pp adverts. With two coloured fold out maps at front, one by Kelly’s, and one facsimile ‘Ancient’ John Speed map.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 85972
Title: Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire. 1924. With Coloured Map.
Author: KELLY'S DIRECTORY:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Kelly’s Directories Ltd., 1924
Keywords: ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY KELLY'S DIRECTORY, Northamptonshire, northants, history, geography, administration, inhabitants, businesses, catalogued, 1924, kelly,

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...