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Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction, or, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway, with the Topography of the Country Through which the Line passes, and Complete Guides to the Towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester.
by Osborne, E. C. & W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birmingham; E. C. & W. Osborne, 1838., 1838. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. iv, 378, 136 letterpress advertisements, catalogue etc. Superb large gatefold map, 5 engraved plates, fold-out plan of Liverpool Docks and 12 pp. engraved advertisements, of which 1 fold-out plus illustrations throughout text. Publisher's original olive green finely reeded cloth with gilt titles to spine and arabesque design in blind to boards; primrose yellow endpapers. Spine lightly toned, with minor wear at tips and 1 cm split at lower front joint; boards a little bruised with wear to edge. A slightly shaken copy with weak inner hinges. Map repaired at hinge only, with browned adhesive tape; initials tidily inscribed to front paste-down otherwise contents clean and bright. A Good copy. Scarce, especially with the handsome Map which is usually lacking, which features a large vignette of the "Centaur" locomotive with tender, pulling five carriages.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10883
- Title
- Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction, or, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway, with the Topography of the Country Through which the Line passes, and Complete Guides to the Towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester.
- Author
- Osborne, E. C. & W
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Birmingham; E. C. & W. Osborne, 1838.
- Date Published
- 1838
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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