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From Paddington to Penzance
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From Paddington to Penzance Leather - 1893

by Charles G. Harper

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Charles G. Harper. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this travel log from Paddington, London, to Penzance. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-two plates, with a total of one hundred and drawings. Collated complete. A detailed account of the author's travels from Paddington to Penzance, through Petersham, Windsor, Hampshire, Winchester, Romsey, The New Forest, Bournemouth, Lulworth Castle, Charmouth, Teignmouth, Dartmouth, Plymouth, and Alverton. Written and illustrated by Charles George Harper, an English author and illustrator of travel books. Bound in half red calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor loss to the leather. Fading to the spine and light discolouration to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good
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  • Title From Paddington to Penzance
  • Author Charles G. Harper
  • Illustrator Charles G. Harper
  • Binding Leather
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Publisher Chatto & Windus, London
  • Date 1893
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 861T77

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