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Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye
by Charles Richard Weld
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$376.84A$339.15
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About This Item
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. An uncommon first edition Highland topographical work by Charles Richard Weld, illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.An uncommon work.Charles Richard Weld's popular travel account of two months he spent travelling around the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and four in-text engravings.Collated, complete. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper.Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small cracks to the joints. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Ink inscription and tape marks to the recto to the front endpaper, tape marks to the rear endpaper. Booksellers label to the rear pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 767P8
- Title
- Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye
- Author
- Charles Richard Weld
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye highlands orcadia skye highlands charles richard weld topography
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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