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Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales
by BAKER Arthur and BAKER Sir Herbert 1862-1946
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Farmer & Sons, London: A & H Baker, 1888. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. BAKER Arthur. An edition limited to 200 copies. In its red cloth covers with bevelled edges, gilt coat of arms, a little bumped and worn at edges and corners, a few marks. Relaid spine, retaining most of the old, titles in gilt. Internally, yellow endpapers, ink signature to verso of fep (JP St Aubyn, FRIBA Esq, Lambs Building, Temple, London, dated 1889 - listed as a subscriber), [4], 5-62 pp, [2], 23 leaves of plates, with the edition statement loose as usual, hinges strengthened, minimal browning to edges, printed by Farmer & Sons, Steam Printers, 295 Edgware Rd, London. Contains, also a list of subscribers, Ancestry & Pedigree of Robert Wynnes, Dorothy Gryffith, Lord Mostyn etc. Always a very difficult book to find! Arthur and Herbert Baker, Honorary Architects to the Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts. Plas Mawr was built between 1576 and 1585 for the Welsh merchant Robert Wynn. The striking Elizabethan townhouse is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of its type. Baker, Sir Herbert, architect and author. See ODNB.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005238
- Title
- Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales
- Author
- BAKER Arthur and BAKER Sir Herbert 1862-1946
- Illustrator
- BAKER Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- A & H Baker
- Place of Publication
- Farmer & Sons, London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Weight
- 3.97 lbs
- Keywords
- Plas Mawr Conwy Conway Baker History Topography Pedigree Wynne Mostyn Gryffith
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
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