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The Town Plans from John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain 1610.
by SPEED, Jeffrey John
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Waddesdon, Bucks: Map Collector Publications Ltd, 2000.. PRESENTATION COPY. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION (36/250 hardback copies). Oblong folio (21 x 29.5 cm). pp.172. Original spruce green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pale grey endpapers. With the dust jacket. Numerous colour illustrations, many of which full page. With a presentation from the author in blue ink to the half-title, which reads: "Signed for Dr. Christopher Fry OBM by the author to mark the first appearance of 'A Ringing of Bells' at Bedford Modern School / 9th February 2001 / John Speed OBM". Light wear to upper extremities of dust jacket along with some light fading to spine, contents clean and fresh. Overall a near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55910
- Title
- The Town Plans from John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain 1610.
- Author
- SPEED, Jeffrey John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Waddesdon, Bucks: Map Collector Publications Ltd, 2000.
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Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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