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Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales;
by ROSCOE Thomas 1791-1871
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Birmingham.: C Tilt, and Simpkin and Co., 1837. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RADCLYFFE. CATTERMOLE. COX. CRESWICK. Etc.. 1st ed, 1837, VG, 48 pls. In contemporary maroon morocco, some blind tooling, gilt coat of arms to upper & lower covers, corners and edges bumped and worn very lightly. Spine, edges bumped, gilt tooling and title, faded slightly. Internally, half title, frontis, additional engraved title page, [16], 268 pp, [2], 48 pls and maps, as called for, yellow endpages, bookplate to fpd (Arne eld Sandstrom), printed by Wrightson and Webb, New Street, Birmingham, a.e.g. A very nice copy, all clean & tight with a lovely set of clean plates. (Graesse 162. Lowndes 2127). Roscoe, writer and translator, whose nine annual contributions (each a solid volume) to the Landscape Annual (1830-38) were most extensively devoted to Italy and Spain, but he also produced books on Wales (1837-8), Windsor Castle (1838), and English railway companies (1839). See ODNB.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004009
- Title
- Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales;
- Author
- ROSCOE Thomas 1791-1871
- Illustrator
- RADCLYFFE. CATTERMOLE. COX. CRESWICK. Etc.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C Tilt, and Simpkin and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London: Birmingham.
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 2.65 lbs
- Keywords
- Wales Wye Topography Roscoe Welsh
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Llandudno, Conwy
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We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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