Warwickshire
by Holland, Clive
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: A & C Black, 1906. Book. Illus. by 75 Fred Whitehead Watercolors, Sketch Map at the rear. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A nice copy with gilt title front and on spine, a decorative blue cloth with white flowers and green leaves, protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket. Unfaded spine with bright gilt titles on ths front and spine. Top edge gilt. A bit of edgewear at corners and spine ends. Endpapers browned, as usual. Light foxing, not affecting the plates. One of nine fine county books by Black, this one includes the area around Stratford-o-Avon and its association with Shakespeare. Inman 87..
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079308
- Title
- Warwickshire
- Author
- Holland, Clive
- Illustrator
- 75 Fred Whitehead Watercolors, Sketch Map at the rear
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A & C Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- A & C Black, Fred Whitehead, Warwickshire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe; A & C Black;
Terms of Sale
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Any purchase returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt. Sales subject to prior sale.
About the Seller
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Craftsbury Common, Vermont
About Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Mostly Travel and Scholarly Books on Africa, Asia and the Middle East
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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