Quaint Old Norwich
by Willins, Edward Preston
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Norwich: Willins, 1885. Hardback, vellum bound. [2], iii leaves, 50 plates, list of subscribers. 35cm x 26.5cm With it a printed presentation slip from the author asking for a guinea in payment for the volume. Number 79 of a limited edition of 500. Japon paper covered boards badly marked and stained. Front end-papers split across hinge. Binding remains secure. Some spotting to the first few pages of prelims, plates generally clean. A little age-discolouration to paper and an aroma of old smoke. Willins' sketches illustrate many now lost views of old Norwich.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91361
- Title
- Quaint Old Norwich
- Author
- Willins, Edward Preston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Willins
- Place of Publication
- Norwich
- Date Published
- 1885
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