Additional Preface by James Guest (1 results)
Language: English
Published by James Guest / E. Farrington, Birmingham / London, 1835
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Xv, (1), 496 Pp + 34 Plates, Additional Engraved Title Page, And Large Folding Map, Complete. The Last And Best Sixth Edition, Dated 1835 On Title Page, But With Original Large Folding Map "Guest's Map Of The Borough Of Birmingham" Showing Railroads. I Have Been Told That This Ma…p Was Actually Prepared After 1850, The Original Map Issued In 1835 Being A Street Plan Of The City Of Birmingham, So I Expect This May Be A Reissue In The 1850'S Using The Original Sheets But With A New Map (?). Original Quarter Leather, Marbled Boards. Covers Quite Worn And Frayed, With Top Half Of Spine Leather Loosened, Bottom Half Of Spine Leather Laid In Loosely, Front Board Detached (But Can Be Reattached With New Cords). Pages Clean, Even Browning/Aging, Offsetting From Some Plates. Map Complete, Some Browning/Aging, Tears At Some Folds. Large Folding Map, 34 Plates, Additional Title Page With Vignette (illustrator).