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PORTSMOUTH IN THE PAST TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND SKETCHES REPRINTED FROM THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH 1925 (LIMITED EDITION)
by WILLIAM G GATES
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
PORTSMOUTH: CHARPENTIER LTD , 1926 Navy Blue Buckram cloth quarter binding with pale blue cloth boards, gilt blocked titles to spine and City Crest to front, 250 x 155 mm approx.[iv] + 92 pp + 16 pp - Sketches of Old Portsmouth by M Snape. Many other line drawings/ b/w reproductions and street plan in text being articles reprinted from the "Hampshire Telegraph" 1925. Nos. 169 of a limited edition of 250 copies published 1926. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - mild general shelf wear and soiling to cloth with bruises to edges typical of being tied in a bundle, a few light foxing spots to prelims, pencil previous owner name to free front end paper. No other notable defects). A book of interest to present and past residents of the City which seldom becomes available to purchase in it's limited edition format.
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- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133395
- Title
- PORTSMOUTH IN THE PAST TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND SKETCHES REPRINTED FROM THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH 1925 (LIMITED EDITION)
- Author
- WILLIAM G GATES
- Illustrator
- M SNAPE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CHARPENTIER LTD
- Place of Publication
- PORTSMOUTH
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Portsmouth in the Past, William G Gates, M Snape Illustrated, Hampshire Telegraph, Fortifications, Ramparts, Lumps, Dockyard,
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- Gilt
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