Historic Sketch of the Parish Church Wakefield
by Sisson, Rev. J.L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Wakefield: Richard Nichols, 1824. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This copy bound in half leather with marbled boards, this is one of the 75 large paper copies. Illustrated with three full page engravings, all marked as "proof", some minor foxing but the text is very clean. 120pp with index all pages with wide margins that make for a handsome copy of this exceedingly scarce book. The author was second Master of Wakefield Grammar school. This copy has the distinctive circular bookplate of the Wakefield historian J.W. Walker. Walker went on the write a history of the church in the later 1800s. An additional presentation inscription to Marshall Sisson dated 1953 with Sissons bookplate also on inside of front board. A nice association copy. Boyne CXXXVII.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058968
- Title
- Historic Sketch of the Parish Church Wakefield
- Author
- Sisson, Rev. J.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Nichols
- Place of Publication
- Wakefield
- Date Published
- 1824
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wakefield Church Local History Yorkshire Walker Parish Family
- Bookseller catalogs
- Yorkshire: Past and Present; Wakefield & District Local History;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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- First Edition
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- Association Copy
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