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HALF HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES: A Book for a Country Stroll
by J E TAYLOR
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON : W H ALLEN & CO, 1891 Publisher's Victorian Decorative green cloth with gilt blocked titles and images to spine and front, 200 x 140 mm approx. Original acorn twig end papers repeating the theme of the book. viii + 328 pp + 4 pp publisher's lists + 44 page Catalogue for Oct 1891. Frontis steel engraving by Whymper + 262 other illustrations some fulll page but mostly in text. Eighth Edition 1891.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good - moderate shelf wear and soiling to cloth - mainly colour rubbing to spine edges, gilt to spine a little dulled, end papers starting , mull and sewing holding, offset browning to free end papers, light foxing to reverse of free end papers and to reverse of frontis. Remainder of book block respectably clean. Dust soiling to top edge of book block and a few leaves roughly opened where not guillotined in course of book production. No previous owner name, insc. nor annotations. No other notable defects).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132093
- Title
- HALF HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES: A Book for a Country Stroll
- Author
- J E TAYLOR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- W H ALLEN & CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Half Hours in the green lanes, J E Taylor, Nature Rambles, Natural History, Victorian Decorative Cloth Bindings,
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