THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R. S. HAWKER ( SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW ) By His Son-in-Law C. E. Byles: With Two Sketches by the Earl of Carlisle, Lithographs by J. Ley Pethybridge and Reproductions from Portraits, Photographs etc.
by Byles, C. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frontis. has a Full-Length Colour Portrait of Rev. Hawker.
Illustrated withh Full-page Drawings, photos etc.
Special Period Binding Designed from old carved Oak in the Churches of Morwenstow and Wellcombe. Brown cloth cover with beautiful blind embossed Grape & Vine with central Floral Design on front & spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed.
XXIII (23) preliminary pages, main text 689 pages + publisher's adverts.
7 3/4" tall, 940g.
Some edge wear, tips of corners worn. Hinges sound & text block firm. Bookseller name embossed in corner of ffep. Previous owner's inscription and Note of Visit to Morwenstow dated 1906 on ffep. No other inscriptions.
Illustrated withh Full-page Drawings, photos etc.
Special Period Binding Designed from old carved Oak in the Churches of Morwenstow and Wellcombe. Brown cloth cover with beautiful blind embossed Grape & Vine with central Floral Design on front & spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed.
XXIII (23) preliminary pages, main text 689 pages + publisher's adverts.
7 3/4" tall, 940g.
Some edge wear, tips of corners worn. Hinges sound & text block firm. Bookseller name embossed in corner of ffep. Previous owner's inscription and Note of Visit to Morwenstow dated 1906 on ffep. No other inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19319
- Title
- THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R. S. HAWKER ( SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW ) By His Son-in-Law C. E. Byles
- Author
- Byles, C. E
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head / Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography/Cornish Clergy/Cornish Interest/Cornish Vicar
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books; Cornish Interest; Biography;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
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