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The Life and Letters of R.S.Hawker
by Byles, C.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1905. First Edition . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 689 pgs. b/w illustrs. Colour frontis. Errata at page 1. Ads at the end. Bound in black blindstamped cloth with light wear at spine ends. Top edge gilt. Name to front endpaper as well as the fore-edge. Remains a respectable copy. Robert Stephen Hawker (1803 - 1875) was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric. The author, Byles, was his son-in-law.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Cournoyer Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 985
- Title
- The Life and Letters of R.S.Hawker
- Author
- Byles, C.E
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- The Life and Letters of R.S.Hawker Cornwall
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Dale Cournoyer Books
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