HARDBACK, ?HEAVY VOLUME,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: BCA for Weidenfeld & Nicolson.* Binding and cover condition: Dull grey-green cloth, orange-brown title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible shelf wear to edges, minimal to head of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a view of chalk cliffs, red & white titles to face and to slightly faded spine. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal age to margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous colour & monochrome illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 222 pp. text. v pp., index & blank pages at rear.* Description: From the remote Stone Age mounds and standing stones of the Orkneys, to the well-trodden turf at Land's End, and from the fens of East Anglia to the wild mountains of Wales, this collection of watercolours reveals the landscape and architecture of the British Isles. It is prolifically illustrated with both coloured and monochrome plates throughout.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus with minimal faults in a VG+ dust jacket. A very heavy book & some additional fees are included to help with the postage.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 858
Title: David Gentleman's Britain
Author: Gentleman, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG++/VG++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus,
ISBN 10: 029778126X
ISBN 13: 9780297781264
Publisher: BCA in assn, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Place of Publication: London UK 224
This edition first published: 1982

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