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THE DORSET COAST
by G.HARPER, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD++/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1905 * Publisher: XXX. * Binding and cover condition: Dull mid-blue cloth, black title (NOT GILT AS ILLUSTRATED in the stock photo), to spine and black design of a Mermaid to face. Light bumps & rubs to edges, corners, head & tail of spine. Front hinge slight external split at head. GD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Crisp and bright with some light reading wear. Binding slightly loose. A few marks & some minor foxing throughout especially to prelims, page margins and edges. GD++.* Illustrations: B/w prints and line drawings throughout with b/w l/dwn map at front of chapter one.* Pages: 333 pp. text. iv pp. index & blank page at rear.* Description: The Dorset coast as it was at the turn of the century. Before the seaside resorts and beauty spots became the "Jurassic Coast" site of World Heritage importance. This volume shows why Dorset, a county of tranquil and beautiful countryside has become so important to the tourist and Maritime industries. From Lyme Regis in the West to Poole and Studland in the East, Chesil Beach, Portland and Lulworth get full coverage with descriptions, points of special interest, history and some line drawings to illustrate the high points.* A NEAR VGcopy of the 1st./1st. with considerable age and shelf wear reducing it to GD++ but no dust jacket.*
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5946
- Title
- THE DORSET COAST
- Author
- G.HARPER, CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 337
- Date Published
- 1905-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Tail
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- Hinge
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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