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Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England
by Alfred Rimmer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1877. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Alfred Rimmer; J. D. Cooper. An illustrated First Edition exploring the ancient streets and architecture of England. This is a First Edition of the work, in blue cloth binding with gilt motif showing a street and a church. This work documents ancient streets and homesteads across England, covering places from London to the Isle of Man, Nottingham to Winchester and Wells to Coventry. The author, Alfred Rimmer, was an architect who studied in Liverpool before moving to Canada and becoming Justice for the Peace in Montreal, in 1858. However, the streets of England drew him home in 1870 and he settled in Chester, writing many works on local architecture and homesteads. With many vignettes of British streets and homesteads, throughout. In original publisher's cloth binding with gilt detail to front. Externally sound with slight wear to the extremities. Slight discolouration of cloth to the edges and to the spine. Light bumping to the extremities, with the occasional small closed tear. Hinges slightly strained. Front hinge starting between front endpapers to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional mark. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 871Q23
- Title
- Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England
- Author
- Alfred Rimmer
- Illustrator
- Alfred Rimmer; J. D. Cooper
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- English architecture Illustrated ancient architecture Illustrated
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Rooke Books
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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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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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