Essex: Highways, Byways and Waterways - second series [Limited edition]
by Barrett, C.R.B
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About This Item
Published by Lawrence & Bullen, London, 1893, limited edition of 120 copies on fine paper. This no 58. White, 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. Free endpapers and last page of index browned. Armourial bookplate to the front free endpaper. As usual the white boards are discoloured, but the spine is far less browned than usually found in this edition. Overall VG.
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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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- Vellum
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