TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; With an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through which the Canal Pa
by Hassell, J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Islington: J Hassell, 1819. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £250. First edition 1819, re-bound in clean and sturdy blue cloth with gilt title and library number to spine, new endpapers, ex-Cheltenham library ('not for loan' stamp), barcode affixed with sellotape, and small green cross, to front free endpaper, library number in pencil to verso of title page, otherwise no other library markings; 24 superb aquatint engravings (not coloured), watermark to dedication page (1818), plates dated 1819, some offsetting and mild marking/foxing to pages, but overall a very impressive copy. Extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by The Author.
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- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006784
- Title
- TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; With an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through which the Canal Pa
- Author
- Hassell, J
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J Hassell
- Place of Publication
- Islington
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Hassell Grand Junction Canal PC1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Topography;
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