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A BOOK ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY 1700-1850.
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A BOOK ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY 1700-1850. Hardcover - 1984

by COXE, ANTHONY D. HIPPISLEY:

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj inevitably but lightly sunned/faded.Top edges lightly dust-soiled with minimal, sporadic foxing/spotting but still clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-102pp [paginated] includes 6 chapters,contemporary b/w facsimile reproduction illustrations,2 b/w regional maps and b/w line illustrations throughout the text and the book,a biblio,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table with illustrations list to it's recto,an author foreword,list of author's other books,with b/w facsimile portrait reproduction to it's recto. A history and geography of what was for centuries one of Britain's biggest businesses.Opening with a general survey of the trade,it then describes the careers of a number of individual smugglers.The author has taken an exciting subject,and writes with an eye for those details that make history come alive.He lives near the north coast of Cornwall,where the legend of 'Cruel' Copinger led to eight years' research resulting in this book,which is illustrated from old prints and engravings,with sheet ballads of the period.There are also maps to enable the West Country reader to visit any of the numerous places mentioned that are connected with smuggling. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template, altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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  • Title A BOOK ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY 1700-1850.
  • Author COXE, ANTHONY D. HIPPISLEY:
  • Illustrator illus with contemporary b/w facsimile illustrations,b/w maps and line illustrations..
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
  • Condition Used - FINE.
  • Pages 112
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher UK.PADSTOW,CORNWALL.TABB HOUSE,1984., Padstow, Cornwall
  • Date 1984
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ja614616
  • ISBN 9780907018322

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