The Heraldry Of The Cinque Ports (UNIQUE COPY OF HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Williams, Geoffrey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0715351923
- ISBN 13
- 9780715351925
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1971. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'With sincere thanks/for your kind/assistance/Geoffrey Williams'. The dedicatee, L W Bamberger, has stamped his details on front paste-down and front endpaper. Leonard Bamberger prepared the many photographs for the author, and is listed by the author in the Acknowledgements. The Confederation of Cinque Ports is an historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed in 1155 for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. The original five harbours were; Sandwich, Romney, Dover, Hythe and Hastings. The author has included interesting material upon the towns in the United States and elsewhere which are namesakes of the Ports. The author brings together within one book an extensive amount of material, some of it previously unobtainable. With Bibliography and Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a UNIQUE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17069
- Title
- The Heraldry Of The Cinque Ports (UNIQUE COPY OF HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Williams, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0715351923
- ISBN 13
- 9780715351925
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot, Devon
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Heraldry. Genealogy. History. Cinque Ports. Kent Cinque Ports. Sussex Cinque Ports. Kent History. Kent Local History. Kent Topography. Sussex History. Sussex Local History. Sussex Topography. Local History. Topography. Reference. Mili
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Reference;
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