THE BOOK TRADE IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM TO 1860 : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, PUBLISHERS, MAPSELLERS, PRINTSELLERS, MUSICSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, NEWSAGENTS AND OWNERS OF CIRCULATING LIBRARIES.
by HUNT, C.J. (Christopher John) :
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Newcastle upon Tyne : Thorne's Students Bookshops for the History of the Book Trade in the North, 1975. First edition. A thoroughly researched biographical dictionary of the book trade in the North East, offered together with the extensive 1981 supplement prepared by P. J. Wallis. Two volumes. Medium 8vo (24cm). xviii,116,[ii]; [4],viii,60,[iv]pp. Illustrations. Facsimiles. Original cloth (the supplement in wrappers); mild spotting of edges, but otherwise very good - the first volume in a very good dust-jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20792
- Title
- THE BOOK TRADE IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM TO 1860 : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, PUBLISHERS, MAPSELLERS, PRINTSELLERS, MUSICSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, NEWSAGENTS AND OWNERS OF CIRCULATING LIBRARIES.
- Author
- HUNT, C.J. (Christopher John) :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Thorne's Students Bookshops for the History of the Book Trade in the North, 1975.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Book Trade History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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