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The Littlehampton Bequest. Author SIGNED
by Lancaster, Osbert
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London John Murray 1973 (Reprint, same year as 1st edition.).. 8.75 x 6 inches. Bound in original yellow cloth, with black lettering to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Not Price clipped). Inscribed by Author on title page, “For Catherine Many Happy Returns, from Osbert Lanc 1974” Some very light foxing to fore edges, Else a clean and tight copy. 95 pp., Forewword by Roy Strong, illustrated throughout by the author This witty and humorous book takes a look at the diverse collection of art at Drayneflete - the ancestral home of the Littlehamptons - generously bequeathed to the National Portrait Gallery but unable to be displayed in view of lack of space.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94994
- Title
- The Littlehampton Bequest. Author SIGNED
- Author
- Lancaster, Osbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London John Murray 1973 (Reprint, same year as 1st edition.).
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Illustrated Books Lancaster, Osbert Architecture John Murray The Littlehampton Bequest signed
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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