London: Adam and Charles Black. Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Ix, 230 pages + frontis + 74 plates + map + 4 pages advertisements. Top edges gilt. Blue cloth covers with white, green, orange, and gilt decorations and letteting on spine and front board. Tissue guards present for frontis and all plates. Owner's stamp on front endpaper. Corners bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers. Minor spotting to page edges. 1/8" tear to head of spine. Ends of spine rubbed. Rear hinge cracked internally. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000585
Title: The English Lakes
Author: Palmer, Wm. T
Illustrator: Cooper, A. Heaton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1905
Keywords: Adam And Charles Black

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