Essex: Highways, Byways and Waterways - second series [Limited edition]
by Barrett, C.R.B
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- Hardcover
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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Published by Lawrence & Bullen, London, 1893, limited edition of 120 copies on fine paper. This no 81. Vellum cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine, gilt crests to front board, no dustwrapper. 10.5ins x 8ins, xvi, 232pp plus 13pp tissue guarded plates. Large number of line drawn illustrations within the text. Please note this edition contains 4 additional plates not found in the standard brown cloth edition. Endpapers browned. Armourial bookplate to the front free endpaper. As usual the once white boards are discoloured and the spine is browned. Top two inches of spine have at some stage become detached and have been re-applied with some loss to the edge of the spine and the joint being visible. Contents VG, but exterior only G.
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- Essex: Highways, Byways and Waterways - second series [Limited edition]
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- Barrett, C.R.B
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- Spine
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