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Cathedral Days: a Tour in Southern England. New Edition.
by Dodd, Anna Bowman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown, 1901. Hardcover. VG+. E. Eldon Deane. New edition [originally publsihed in 1887], illustrated from sketches and photographs by E. Eldon Deane. 8vo, burgundy cloth decorated in gilt - a lovely binding designed by Amy Sacker - top edge gilt, 390 pages. VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: light rubbing to the spine extremities, owner bookplate on front pastedown, clean and tight throughout, a very nice copy of this travelogue through the cathedrals of southern England, including Chichester, Winchester, Salisbury, Wells, Glastonbury, Exeter; Bath and Stonehenge are also visited.
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17278
- Title
- Cathedral Days: a Tour in Southern England. New Edition.
- Author
- Dodd, Anna Bowman
- Illustrator
- E. Eldon Deane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CATHEDRALS ENGLAND DECORATIVE BINDINGS AMY SACKER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel / Exploration; Great Britain;
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About the Seller
Bygone Books
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Bluffton, South Carolina
About Bygone Books
A closed shop of fine used and collectible books with specialties in Literature, Children's, Domestic Arts, Decorative Arts, and Great Britain.
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