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The West Country Book
by Trewin, J. C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 090667123X
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671238
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall. Edited and with Introduction by J.C.Trewin. Enjoy the West Country through the essays, stories, excerpts from novels and poems by some of the West Country's major authors, past and present--Jane Austen, Thackeray, Christis, Hardy, Sean O'Casey, Waugh, Dylan Thomas, and many others. Bound in dark brown half-cloth gilt titled on spine over brown cloth covered boards with gilt cathedral on front. Very clean, lower edge lightly rubbed, lower rear corner scuffed. Internals in Fine Condition. Tight, solid, attractive volume. Very clean dust jacket with wrap around illustration:"The Hoe, Plymouth" by M W Turner. Rumpling of spine head. Not price-clipped. 222 pages. 8vo. 1981, Webb & Bower,
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015966
- Title
- The West Country Book
- Author
- Trewin, J. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 090667123X
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671238
- Publisher
- Webb & Bower
- Place of Publication
- Exeter, England
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE, ENGLAND, WEST COUNTRY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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