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Wessex : a National Trust book
by Beer, Patricia Godwin, Fay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0241115507
- ISBN 13
- 9780241115503
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1985* Publisher: Hamish Hamilton* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, Gilt title to spine. Slightly sunned at top & bottom edges, No Bumps or Rubs, VG* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.95, some minor shelf wear with slight creases to top & bottom edges. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, No visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/W Photos throughout.* Pages: 215 pp. text. ix pp. Lists & Index at rear. A combination of photo essay and travelogue: "The Wessex of this book is not that of King Alfred or Thomas Hardy the novelist or Thomas Hardy the admiral, though obviously they all come into it?. Takes as its subject the properties of the National Trust in Wessex, covering Avon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire; This is a tour de force for Fay Goodwin?s photography as well as an in depth treatment of the heritage of the West Country. A NEAR FINE copy only reduced to VG by slight cover wear and sunning. ( A National Trust book)
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2600
- Title
- Wessex : a National Trust book
- Author
- Beer, Patricia Godwin, Fay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241115507
- ISBN 13
- 9780241115503
- Publisher
- H. Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 224
- Date Published
- 1985-01-01
- Keywords
- Wessex (England) -- Description and travel, Wessex (England) -- History, Historic sites -- England -- Wessex, Historic buildings -- England -- Wessex, Natural monuments -- England -- Wessex
- Size
- 24 cm.
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- Bumps
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- Crisp
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Price Clipped
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