A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains, with General Directions to Tourists
by Otley, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for the author by Simpkin and Marshall, London and Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Keswick , 1837 . Hardback. . Hardback 12mo volume bound in dark green cloth with paper label on spine. Frontispiece map of the Lake District hand coloured in outline is in VG+ condition. Additionally there are views of the profiles of the mountains. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Good Hardback volume with edgewear to boards. Front and rear boards are shaken but holding. Foxing to endpapers and minor age toning of pages. Paper label on spine is badly worn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Barn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46945
- Title
- A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains, with General Directions to Tourists
- Author
- Otley, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardback.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the author by Simpkin and Marshall, London and Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Keswick
- Date Published
- 1837
- Pages
- 184 pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Travel/Topography;
Terms of Sale
High Barn Books
Payment can be made by Paypal or sterling cheques drawn on UK banks. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt by prior arrangement with seller.
About the Seller
High Barn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Lancaster, Lancashire
About High Barn Books
Small independent bookseller based in Lancashire UK.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.