Devon And Cornwall
by Blair, J L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/GD++/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "POCKET GUIDE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Early edition.* Date of Publication: Undated. (Late 1950?s ?)* Publisher: W & R Chambers Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid blue cloth with pasted on maps at front and rear, yellow title to black ground on face. No bumps, minor rubs to edges and corners, boards a little worn. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 125 pp. text. no index at rear.* Description: This guide includes town and village details from Abbots Bickington to Zennor and includes small panel sections on numerous subjects relating to Devon, Cornwall and the Scilly Isles. Golf courses, Fresh water fishing, Recipe for Cornish Pasty, The Fame of Sir Francis Drake etc etc. the photos, plates and maps give a lovely picture of the counties as they were some sixty year ago.* A NEAR FINE text copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS reduced by cover wear to GD++. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 917
- Title
- Devon And Cornwall
- Author
- Blair, J L
- Illustrator
- Maps, Black And White Photo's And
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/GD++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition ?
- Publisher
- Chambers
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 125
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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