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Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas
by Jowett, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0906899990
- ISBN 13
- 9780906899991
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Westbridge, Vermont USA.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing helmet from the Sutton Hoo burial site. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £7.50 on publishers adhesive label. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Maroon colour end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Minimal age. VG++.* Illustrations: Black and white and colour photos with a few drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 242 pp. text. xii pp. bibliography and index at rear.* Description: A history of the crown jewels and royal regalia of England & Scotland. From symbols scratched on stones and bones via the swords and chariots of Iron Age Celtic rulers to the regalia of the modern sovereignty. Barker's thoroughly researched history describes the development of the symbols of authority. In two sections, England and Scotland, with a foreword by J. P. Brookes-Little, Richmond Herald of Arms.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/1st with minor age & wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1831
- Title
- Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas
- Author
- Jowett, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0906899990
- ISBN 13
- 9780906899991
- Publisher
- Atlantic Transport Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Penryn, Cornwall. UK 240
- Date Published
- 2000-09-01
- Size
- 32.6 x 21.6 x 3.4 cm
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