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History of the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-Operative Flour and Provision Society Ltd From 1860 to 1910
by Readshaw, T
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Manchester; CWS Printing Works, 1910., 1910. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 377 pp. Frontispiece photograph of the Central Premises in 1910; numerous illustrations including local views and portraits of staff and Society members. Decorative tail pieces. Book Condition: Very Good. Publisher's bevelled purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board and gilt Hive of Industry motif to upper board; green patterned endpapers featuring CWS monogram. Cover cloth rubbed with minor wear at spine tips and corners; spine and edge of rear board lightly sunned. Ownership inscription of Mr H Walton with his address to front pastedown. A little scattered fingermarking; small stain top edge pp 317 onwards (text & illustrations unaffected). Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4219
- Title
- History of the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-Operative Flour and Provision Society Ltd From 1860 to 1910
- Author
- Readshaw, T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Manchester; CWS Printing Works, 1910.
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Local History
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Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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