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The Cornish Rivera & Glorious Devon
by S. P. B. Mais
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Great Western Railway Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. Two beautifully illustrated first edition volumes on areas of the British coast. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, a British author, journalist, and broadcaster. The Cornish Riviera With details on areas such as: Saltash, Looe, Falmouth, Helston, Land's End, The Scilly Islands, St. Ives, Newquay, Bodmin Moor, and King Arthur's Country. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, fifty-two plates, with many in-text sketches and maps. Collated complete. Glorious Devon With details on areas such as: Exeter, East Devon, Torquay, The South Hams, Plymouth, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Ilframcombe, and Barnstaple. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and forty-eight plates, with many in-text sketches and maps. Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and some rubbing to the extremities. Minor fraying in places and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 852T14
- Title
- The Cornish Rivera & Glorious Devon
- Author
- S. P. B. Mais
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Great Western Railway Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Devon Cornwall Mais Cornwall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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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.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...