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THIS UNKNOWN ISLAND
by MAIS, S.P.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/G-VG
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Falcon Press, 1946. 2nd ed. with new ills. (1st-1933) . Red Cloth. VG-/G-VG. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. Leslie Atkinson. x+122, 12 dec.unfolding maps ex-pagination, 24 text ills, occ. full page, dec. initials to each chap.; 1947 gift inscrip. top front endpapers, faint brown strips to endpapers offset from wraparounds, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked, all maps collated as present, covers clean and unworn but slight fading to spine and front top & outer edges; unclipped jacket fairly clean but a few minor surface marks and rubs, edges slightly browning in places, top edge slightly rubbed but top spine has small chip. Wide-ranging informal coverage of lesser known aspects of local history, folklore, natural history etc of 12 major regions of UK. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008221
- Title
- THIS UNKNOWN ISLAND
- Author
- MAIS, S.P.B
- Illustrator
- Leslie Atkinson
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- G-VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd ed. with new ills. (1st-1933)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Falcon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British topography landscape travel touring British scenery history folklore natural history countryside
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Douglas Books
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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