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WOOKEY HOLE, ITS CAVES AND CAVE DWELLERS. With an Introduction by Professor Boyd Dawkins. Period Restoration and numerous Drawings by John Hassall, R.I. Cave Photographs and Diagrams by J.H. Savory
by Balch,H.E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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Humphrey Milford at the University Press, Oxford, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. 1st Edition: SIGNED Presentation Copy. FULL TITLE: WOOKEY HOLE Its Caves and Cave Dwellers. With an Introduction by Professor Boyd Dawkins, Period Restorations and numerous Drawings by John Hassall, R.I, Cave Photographs and Diagrams by J.H. Savory. xiv, 268 pages., photographic frontispiece, 35 plates including coloured maps, 55 illustrations throughout the text. Bound in the publisher's original covers in dust jacket miraculously present. Majority of dustjacket present but missing pieces on spine which has been attached very neatly to a heavier brown paper. A very good copy of this expensive edition, printed for subscribers. Delightful presentation plate verso front cover, bookplate on front end paper. Newspaper clipping laid in commemorating the Freedom of the City of Wells to H.E. Balch. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Exploration; History. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3452. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3452
- Title
- WOOKEY HOLE, ITS CAVES AND CAVE DWELLERS. With an Introduction by Professor Boyd Dawkins. Period Restoration and numerous Drawings by John Hassall, R.I. Cave Photographs and Diagrams by J.H. Savory
- Author
- Balch,H.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford at the University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Exploration; History. Signed by Author Unbranded Balch,H.E. WOOKEY HOLE, ITS CAVES AND CAVE DWELLERS. With an Introduction by Professor Boyd Dawkins. Period Restoration and numerous Drawings by John Hassall, R.I. Cave Photographs and Diagrams
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