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The Channel Islands
by Edith F. Carey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€165.47€148.92
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Henry B. Wimbush. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the Channel Islands, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-five colour plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A historical and geographical guide to the Channel Island, with chapters on feudal tenures, law courts and official seals, Jersey in the eighteenth century, Guernsey in the days of the Stuarts, the "key of the Channel", and the lesser islands. Written by Edith F. Carey, a British author. Illustrated by Henry Bowser Wimbush, an English landscape painter, book illustrator and postcard artist. In the original blue pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards, including a paint mark to the front board. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 889T37
- Title
- The Channel Islands
- Author
- Edith F. Carey
- Illustrator
- Henry B. Wimbush
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Channel Islands Jersey Guernsey Carey Jersey
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- First Edition
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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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