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From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route
by W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, 1869. 1st Edition . Hardback. Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with gilt and black titling and decoration to spine and upper board. 21 × 14.5cm, xii, map + 202pp [2], 16pp ads. Errata slip at title page. This is a rare first edition of W R Richardson's light-hearted and witty account of a trip taken from London Bridge to Lombardy in Italy by train and coach, describing how much easier it in in his day that his fore-fathers. He travels through Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France, observing the locals, their customs and art etc. The book is illustrated with a map of the route, and smaller illustrations within the text by Sydney Prior Hall. Condition: A fair to good copy. The blue cloth is quite heavily rubbed, with the heaviest at the spine ends and corners. The front hinge is cracked but secure, school prize label to front pastedown. The main body of text is in good order, with clean pages (some light finger marking to the prelims), and the inner binding is holding though pulled in a few places. The book remains in good readable condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011369
- Title
- From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route
- Author
- W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low, Son & Marston
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- First Edition
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- Errata
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- Cloth
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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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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,...
- Title Page
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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