The Royal Mail - Its Curiosities and Romance
by James Wilson Hyde
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1885 Written at a time when the British Post Office was the envy of the world. Packed full of information and anectdote, and highly readable. 378pp plus publishers lists, illustrated. Red cloth with an illustration of a rail mail coach with collecting net in black and gilt. Spine faded, ends and corners rubbed. Half title foxed, otherwise very good throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15167s2
- Title
- The Royal Mail - Its Curiosities and Romance
- Author
- James Wilson Hyde
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 195x130mm
- Keywords
- The Post Office
Terms of Sale
Wadard Books PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Half Title
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....