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Wallis's Travellers Companion Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties or Travellers Companion<br />in which are carefully laid down all the Direct & Cross Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Parks, Seats and Rivers<br />with a General Map of England & Wales.
by Wallis, James
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Wallis & sold by Davies & Eldridge, Exeter., 1810. Hardback. 12mo. Unpaginated. 45 leaves. Letterpress title and contents list. 43 engraved maps (complete) with contemporary hand colouring, including double page map of Yorkshire and a small map of the Isle of Wight (not included in the contents list). Contemporary marbled boards with gilt morocco label to upper board, rebacked with later red morocco. Later endpapers. Book in very good condition. Bumped, rubbed and worn at extremities. Light soiling. Printed ex libris plate to front paste down.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307854
- Title
- Wallis's Travellers Companion Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties or Travellers Companionin which are carefully laid down all the Direct & Cross Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Parks, Seats and Riverswith a General Map of England & Wales.
- Author
- Wallis, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Wallis & sold by Davies & Eldridge, Exeter.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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