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Wakefield: Its History and Its People
by Walker, J.W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Wakefield: The West Yorkshire Printing Company (Privately Published), 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The two volume second edition, in the original dust-wrappers revised and enlarged from the first edition, of this classic of local history, with a list of subscribers, numbered and signed by the author. In vg condition bound in original blue cloth with blocking to front and spine, bevelled boards with d/w's. Previous owners name to fep of both volumes. In vg condition a numbered limited edition of 350 copies signed by J.W. Walker. All editions of this work are now elusive particularly with d/w's. This is NOT the inferior 1960s reprint version..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061470
- Title
- Wakefield: Its History and Its People
- Author
- Walker, J.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- The West Yorkshire Printing Company (Privately Published)
- Place of Publication
- Wakefield
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wakefield Local History West Yorkshire Walker Topography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wakefield & District Local History; Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
Rickaro Books Ltd
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- Reprint
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- First Edition
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