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Mullyon: its history, scenery and antiquities; narratives of shipwrecks on its coast; its agriculture, fisheries, and mining; tales of the days of wrecking and smuggling; longevity of its inhabitants; names of places, their true Cornish renderings.......
by Harvey, E.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Truro & London: W. Lake; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1875. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, a double page map and a vignette title page, square octavo, pp (6), 135, all edges gilt, some foxing here and there, a couple of neat relevant pencil annotations, original green bevelled cloth, gilt lines and decoration on upper cover, slightly worn and rubbed, very neatly and professionally recased, keeping the original endpapers. A paper attached to the front endpaper reads "From the author", followed by an address. [The subscribers' list at the rear accounts for about 200 copies.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017124
- Title
- Mullyon: its history, scenery and antiquities; narratives of shipwrecks on its coast; its agriculture, fisheries, and mining; tales of the days of wrecking and smuggling; longevity of its inhabitants; names of places, their true Cornish renderings.......
- Author
- Harvey, E.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Lake; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Truro & London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History; Maritime; Victorian;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Vignette
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