Packmen, Carriers and Packhorse Roads. Trade and Communications in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.
by HEY, David:
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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
Leicester University Press. 1980 1st.. In dark brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W Price clipped.) Else a very clean & tight copy. 279pp. With B&W photographs and illustrations. Map to front endpaper. The author studies the old roads and tracks used before the coming of turnpikes and railways, in the wild and difficult terrain of North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84611
- Title
- Packmen, Carriers and Packhorse Roads. Trade and Communications in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.
- Author
- HEY, David:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leicester University Press. 1980 1st.
- Keywords
- TRANSPORT david hey, packmen, carriers, packhorse, roads, trade, communication, north derbyshire, south yorkshire, dustwrapper, illustrations, photographs, first,
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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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...