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WANDERINGS in WESSEX; An Exploration of the Southern, Realm from Itchen to Otter / With 12 Full-page Drawings by M.M. Vigers / And Over One Hundred Illustrations in The Text By The Author / Map and Plans
by Holmes, Edric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/None
- ISBN 10
- 065603761X
- ISBN 13
- 9780656037612
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
An Exploration of the Southern, Realm from Itchen to Otter: Robert Scott, 1922. First Edition: from "The English Countryside" Series. Cloth. Very Good +/None. Edric Homes; M.M. Vigers. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), publisher's original green buckram with gilt lettering and tudor roses on spine, profusely illustrated with 12 full-page drawings by M.M. Vigers and more than 100 illustrations by the author-illustrator Edric Homes, xiii, [xiv:blank] +15-380 pages with Index + [4] Adverts. Tight, bright, solid copy with unfoxed bright photographic and reproductions of engraved illustrations. Top and bottom of spine ends neatly abraided and corners worn. (Sometimes reprinted for as much as $69.) A tour through many towns & villages of THOMAS HARDY COUNTRY: southern Hampshire, Dorset & east Devonshire, with a brief chapter on North Hampshire & the border of Berkshire. This is a very appealing illustrated guide to the English countryside which was published after World War I, as people returned to the beauties of an England--now, increasingly lost.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2791
- Title
- WANDERINGS in WESSEX; An Exploration of the Southern, Realm from Itchen to Otter / With 12 Full-page Drawings by M.M. Vigers / And Over One Hundred Illustrations in The Text By The Author / Map and Plans
- Author
- Holmes, Edric
- Illustrator
- Edric Homes; M.M. Vigers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition: from "The English Countryside" Series
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 065603761X
- ISBN 13
- 9780656037612
- Publisher
- Robert Scott
- Place of Publication
- An Exploration of the Southern, Realm from Itchen to Otter
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- England, countryside, homes, estates, cathedrals, moors, forests, hills, architecture, thomas Hardy, illustrated
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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