Kelly's Directory of the County of Gloucester
by Kelly
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, gilt lettered and decorated. A sound copy, if a little shaken. Cloth and gilt faded but all lettering legible, cloth rubbed. Slight fraying at spine ends.Text block clean. One advert leaf loose at front of volume. The remains of the folding map, about a third of it, are present. No inscriptions. 28 pages of advertising + xix + 568 pages. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Reference; History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24020. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24020
- Title
- Kelly's Directory of the County of Gloucester
- Author
- Kelly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kelly's Directories Ltd
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- BZDB28 gloucestershire bristol cheltenham Directory Directories Reference; History; Kellys Directory of the County of Gloucester Kelly
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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