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Cambridge: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes
by John Willis Clark
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Seeley & Co. Ltd, London, 1893. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. Brunet-Debaines; H. Toussaint & A. E. Pearce. a new edition of a book first published in a larger format in 1881; b/w. frontis. etching of the interior of King's College Chapel, Contents, List of Illustrations followed by extensive descriptive notes detailing the history of Cambridge, dealing mostly with the colleges but also with the town & the fens. New Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 325 pages. small mark in margin page 323 (insect?). Fading to spine titles. Endpapers browned, especially edges;. Gilt titles spine & front with gilt armorial decoration & blind-stamped border lines front;. Bumping & wear to corners with small dents to outer edge of covers. half-removed library label inside front cover - no other library marks;. maroon cloth; Publisher's advertisements to rear. Illustrator: A. Brunet-Debaines; H. Toussaint & A. E. Pearce. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Cambridge; Cambridge University; Topography; England; History. Inventory No: 2537. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2537
- Title
- Cambridge: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes
- Author
- John Willis Clark
- Illustrator
- A. Brunet-Debaines; H. Toussaint & A. E. Pearce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Topography/Cambridge/Cambridge University/Local History/History Genealogy & Local History; Cambridge; Cambridge University; Topography; England; History. A. Brunet-Debaines; H. Toussaint & A. E. Pearce Unbranded John Willis Clark Cambrid
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