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Sailing Directions for the Coast of Wales
by SHERINGHAM WL. ROBINSON CG. DENHAM HM
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1843. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncommon, VG+, 1st ed, 1843. no other copy for sale online or at auction for a very long time. In modern half calf & tips (to style), over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to black morocco label. Internally, [6], [1], 2-169 pp, [1], bookplate to fpd (Sir Llewelyn Turner), printed by William Clowes and sons for HMSO. Being the results of surveys made by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (230*144 mm). (Dinsterville, Admiralty Catalogue of Charts p141). Turner, probably 1823-1903, Deputy Constable of Caernarfon Castle, Commodore of the Royal Welsh Yacht Club, who n 1860 he received the thanks of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty and of the Officers commanding the West Coast of England and Wales, for his exertions in promoting and keeping up the Reserve Forces of the Royal Navy.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007240
- Title
- Sailing Directions for the Coast of Wales
- Author
- SHERINGHAM WL. ROBINSON CG. DENHAM HM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1843
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- Maritime Sailing boats Wales sea navigation coast
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roads Bridges Railways and Trains; Maps Atlases and Charts;
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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