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The Charm of Edinburgh: An Anthology
by Alfred H. Hyatt
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Harry Morley. A smartly bound new edition of this illustrated guide to Edinburgh, Scotland. New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to the city of Edinburgh with chapters on the town, the streets, the romance of the city, the castle and palace, the poets of Edinburgh, and more. Compiled by Alfred H. Hyatt, a British historian and travel writer. Illustrated by Harry Morley, a British painter, etcher and engraver. With the bookplates of William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle. Previously held in the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. Bound by Otto Schulze & Co. Edinburgh. Bound in half red calf with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Otto Schulze & Co. Edinburgh. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 912T85
- Title
- The Charm of Edinburgh: An Anthology
- Author
- Alfred H. Hyatt
- Illustrator
- Harry Morley
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Charm Edinburgh Anthology Morley Edinburgh
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
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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- Bookplate
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- Marbled boards
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- New
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- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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