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Old Edinburgh: Beaux & Belles. Faithfully presented to the reader in Coloured Prints, with the story of How they Walked, Dressed and Behaved Themselves. Told in the Letterpress which is adorned with Quaint Cuts.
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1886. Hardback 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed vignette to front. Brown endpapers. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to cloth, corners and ends of spine slightly rubbed, bump to bottom edge, minor cracks to hinges. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Some minor handling marks else pages clean and tight. 107pp. + cat. Illustrated with Coloured Prints, and Quaint Cuts.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78925
- Title
- Old Edinburgh: Beaux & Belles. Faithfully presented to the reader in Coloured Prints, with the story of How they Walked, Dressed and Behaved Themselves. Told in the Letterpress which is adorned with Quaint Cuts.
- Author
- (EDINBURGH)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1886
- Keywords
- Scotland (EDINBURGH) Old Edinburgh: Beaux & Belles., Faithfully presented to the reader in Coloured Prints, with the story of How they Walked, Dressed and Behaved Themselves, Told in the Letterpress which is adorned with Quaint Cuts, William Paterson
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
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
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- Vignette
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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