Bristol Past and Present
by J. F. Nicholls; John Taylor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$283.57NZ$255.21
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1881. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 8.5". None. The first edition of this history of Bristol in a complete three volume set bound into one. First edition. Three volumes bound in one. Illustrated throughout with many in-text images and three individual frontispieces. Collated complete. Each volume covers a section of Bristol's vast history, from civil history, to ecclesiastical history, and modern history. Written by James Fawckner Nicholls, an English antiquarian and librarian of Bristol, and John Taylor, a historian and librarian of Bristol Museum. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear. Paint mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. A small closed tear to the first frontispiece. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 852T6
- Title
- Bristol Past and Present
- Author
- J. F. Nicholls; John Taylor
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. W. Arrowsmith
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- Bristol Past Nicholls Taylor Past
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....