The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset: Compiled from the best and most ancient Historians, Inquisitiones Post Mortem, and other Valuable Records and MSS in the Public Offices and Libraries, and in Private Hands. [ Complete in 4 Volumes ] by Hutchins John - 1861

EP Publishing Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This third edition is in very good condition with a fair unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine and light foxing present to the top edge of the text block only. Otherwise an excellent near fine copy with pages free from signs of wear. We are very happy to provide additional photos. Please feel free to contact us.

EP Publishing Ltd. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Book is in Very Good condition with some soiling of text block. Dust Jacket is Good+ with couple of chips and soiling/wear on edges (mostly bottom) and top corner have small tears. Now in mylar. Oversized: Above Rare Transportation section on staircase

John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. Third Edition. 722 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in brown leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Marbled end papers. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Gilt edged text block. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Leather elements are peeling with some loss. Front joint is completely split, spine panel attached by rear joint. Moderate splitting to rear joint. Spine gilt has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1868. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1868. Third Edition. 753 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in brown leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edged textblock. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Gilt edged text block. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy splitting to front joint. Moderate splitting to rear joint. Leather elements are peeling with some loss. Spine gilt has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains, some loss at front.

John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1870. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1870. Third Edition. 534 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in brown leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Marbled end papers. Additional 164 pages follow pagination. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Gilt edged text block. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some wrinkling of pages at gutter in prelims, with 1 internal closed tear. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy splitting to front joint. Leather elements are peeling with some loss. Moderate splitting to rear joint. Spine gilt has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1863. Hardcover. Good. 1863. Third Edition. 862 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in brown leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Marbled end papers. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Gilt edged text block. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate splitting to joints. Leather elements are peeling with some loss. Spine gilt has become dull. Spine leather has a patch of loss. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

London: Printed By W. Bowyer and J. Nichols , 1774. Hardbacks, modern half-morocco binding. New end-papers. 38cm x 25cm. 2 volume set. LACKS all full page plates and maps. Pp. lxxx, 24, xxix, 8, 12, 618; 528, 60. 1st edition 1774. Some occasional marginal damp staining/marks/annotations. Lacks final leaf of text (binders instructions) in volume 2. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns. Private ownership. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ar13). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.

Published by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, London, 1861. [title continued]: With a copy of Domesday Book, and the "Inquisitio Gheldi" for the County:Interspersed with some remarkable Particulars of Natural History. And adorned with a Correct map of the County and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, etc; The Third edition, corrected, augmented & improved by William Shipp & James Whitworth Hodson. In Four Volumes. Published 1861-1870. The 3rd and best considerably enlarged edition.Titles in red & black.125 engraved plates, 3 being double-page. 4to (16 x 10 inches), pages: cxlvi:722; 862; 753; & clxiv:534. Contemporary half brown morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt direct. Corners scuffed and bumped, headbands rubbed. Attractive on the shelf. Light foxing to prelims. & occasionally elsewhere but internally generally very clean indeed. Light marking to cloth sides. Strongly and well bound. Although stating on the title page that a map is present, this… Read More

London: W. Bowyer and J. Nicholls, 1774. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Collation, lxxx,24,xxix,8,12,618pp, 528,61pp. 41 single page plates, 14 folding or double page plates, with 2 additional double page plates [ not in index ], plus 10 pedigrees.Extra plates 1. north west View of Dorchester. 2. Woolcombe Hall, Seat of Lawrence Cox, Esq, Dorsetshire. Bound in full period mottled calf, raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling within compartments, leather title labels. Both bindings have been restored at some time, hinge joints strong. Bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, ink signature of William Helyar at head of titles and his bookplate of Coker Court, Somerset. Some light browning, a couple of plates creased. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice clean well bound copy. . Full Period Calf. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Two volumes. With the subscribers' list sometimes discarded; [12], lxxx, 24, xxix, 8, 12, [618]; [4], 528, 61pp, [1]. With 10 folding pedigrees, a portrait of the author, the folding map of the county, and 59 engraved plates (a full five further plates than are called for in the indexed list, including a charming north east view of Dorchester, and another of Woolcombe Hall, seat of Laurence Cox, both of which are also found in other copies). A well-margined, uncut copy in contemporary half gilt-tooled diced-calf, marbled boards. Worn and rubbed, with loss to spines, largely at foot, and surface of boards. A very few red damp-staining spots to volume one, slight consequent softening to margins, some creasing to preliminaries, RFEP of Vol. II detached. Neat repair to verso of margin of portrait frontis., the first plate in Vol. II laid down, and occasional tears to folds of a very few plates; small paper flaw to p.375, Vol. II. William Lisle… Read More