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The New British Traveller; Or, A Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour Through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Herbrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney... Comprising all that is worthy of Observation in every County, Shire, &c
by WALPOOLE, George Augustus
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- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, 1784.. First edition, folio, vi, 520, (4) pp. Frontispiece, 89 plates and 22 maps, including a folding general map, plus a further plate "Engraved for the Modern Universal British Traveller" loosely inserted, some mild rubbing to the outer edge of some early leaves, new rear free endpaper. Contemporary tree calf, corners worn, recently rebacked.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29330
- Title
- The New British Traveller; Or, A Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour Through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Herbrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney... Comprising all that is worthy of Observation in every County, Shire, &c
- Author
- WALPOOLE, George Augustus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Printed for Alex. Hogg
- Date Published
- 1784.
- Keywords
- Travel
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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