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A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire bound with The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury and Thoughts on the Functions and Diseases of the Lymphatic Glands
by Thomas West
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No D/J
- Seller
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Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Richardson and Urquhart under the Royal Exchange and W. Pennington, Kendal, 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 8x5x1. Scarce first edition of the first Lakes guide book published 1778. This has been bound into a single book along with The Histories and Antiquities of Tewkesbury from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time, printed by Dyde and Son, Tewkesbury 1790. Also bound into this volume is Thoughts on the Functions and Diseases of the Lymphatic Glands, dated Worcester 1787. Quarter leather with marbled papers to front and rear boards. Marbled paper to front paste down and end papers. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Title to spine is that of Antiquities of Tewkesbury and does not mention Guide to the Lakes or Lymphatic Glands. t.e.g. Rubbing to edges and corners of binding. Stain to edge and bottom edge of text block. A Guide to the Lakes lacks engraved frontispiece however, two plates and fold out are present.
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- Bookseller
- Fireside Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 722159
- Title
- A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire bound with The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury and Thoughts on the Functions and Diseases of the Lymphatic Glands
- Author
- Thomas West
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No D/J
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Richardson and Urquhart under the Royal Exchange and W. Pennington, Kendal
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1778
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lake District;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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