The History of the Hundred of Wirral, with a Sketch of the City and County of Chester, Compiled from the earliest Authentic Records
by Mortimer, William Williams
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0901598577
- ISBN 13
- 9780901598578
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Didsbury, Manchester: E.J.Morten, 1972. Green Cloth. Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xvii. List of subscriber. 440pp. Index 36pp. A 1972 facsimile re-publication of the 1847 original work complete with a fold-out frontispiece map and a fold-out table plus numerous illustrations in black and white and in colour. Gilt embossed vignette of light-house to front cloth board and gilt embossed title to spine. Christmas 1972 gift inscription to paste down. A couple of minor additional creases to peripheries of fold-out map. However, the book remains very fresh, tight and clean. A super copy of an important work.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204071
- Title
- The History of the Hundred of Wirral, with a Sketch of the City and County of Chester, Compiled from the earliest Authentic Records
- Author
- Mortimer, William Williams
- Format/Binding
- Green Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0901598577
- ISBN 13
- 9780901598578
- Publisher
- E.J.Morten
- Place of Publication
- Didsbury, Manchester
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- X weight
- 0 oz
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