The North Coast of Cornwall: Its Scenery, its People, its Antiquities and its Legends
by Page, John Lloyd Warden
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(Bristol: W. Crofton Hemmons/London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent: 1897) First Edition. Gilt pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xiv, 283. With Map and Illustrations, and an Appendix on the Geology by W.A.E. Ussher, F.G.S. Index. First Edition. A family inscription at the head of the half-title page: 'Mary Page To S.R. Page. July 1900'. S.R. Page was the brother of the Author. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed, with one corner worn; a small patch of discoloration to the head of the front board; front inner hinge cracked and rear one starting; a clean tear to the map neatly repaired on its blind side; otherwise a very good copy.
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Clarence Park, South Australia
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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