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Short Guide to London (The Blue Guides)
by Muirhead, L. Russell – Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Maps and Plans. preface by editor, explanations, and list of maps and plans. Illustrated endpapers, both different, front end paper: – showing hours of admission to the sights of London, rear end paper: – a map of the London Underground Railway. At the beginning of the book there is a five, double, page map of London. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Dark blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. A small guide of London, first published in 1924, to give the visitor who was time poor, a quick guide to points of interest within the metropolitan London area. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and to the book edges. Fading to the backstrip with flecking along the front edges of the book and to the right-hand edge of the rear panel. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. The map at the beginning of the text has a 2.5" tear. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. fifth Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - LIV, 266, [8 – left blank for notes] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps and Plans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Travel Guide; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0118149. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0118149
- Title
- Short Guide to London (The Blue Guides)
- Author
- Muirhead, L. Russell – Editor
- Illustrator
- Maps and Plans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- BZDB2 guide, London, 1940s, The Blue Guides – Series Travel & Places; Travel Guide; Britain/UK; Maps and Plans Unbranded Muirhead, L. Russell – Editor Short Guide to London (The Blue Guides)
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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