Wantage Past and Present. By Alice Gibbons and E. C. Davey ; Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Wantage. WANTAGE : 1901.
by GIBBONS, Alice Gibbons and E.C. Davey [ Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Wantage. ]
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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About This Item
Wantage & London : H.N. Nichols; W. Walker, 1901. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Plates. FIRST EDITION for SUBSCRIBERS. WANTAGE : 1901. Hardback. 15 unnumbered leaves of plates. Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Wantage. Original dark-green ribbed-cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. Neat owner name; no internal markings (a letter dated 1901 is inserted from one of the Subscribers offering this spare copy as a gift). Bright, tight and clean. Slight browning to end-papers. NEAR FINE. 204 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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- 055080
- Title
- Wantage Past and Present. By Alice Gibbons and E. C. Davey ; Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Wantage. WANTAGE : 1901.
- Author
- GIBBONS, Alice Gibbons and E.C. Davey [ Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Wantage. ]
- Illustrator
- Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H.N. Nichols; W. Walker
- Place of Publication
- Wantage & London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- BERKSHIRE - LOCAL BERKSHIRE - MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS Wantage, Berkshire Wantage (England) History. England Wantage. Wantage (England) Geography. Wantage (Oxfordshire) History. Wantage (Berkshire) Berkshire - Wantage15 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 19 cm
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SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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