HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. Hardcover edition. 248pp+foldout map. Octavo hardbound, front hinge split but firmly attached. Spine label torn, boards faded and worn, soiling on rear. Map and page 135 torn. Foxing throughout.
Published by Henry Colburn, 1826
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 114.38
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Add to basket2nd Ed. 248pp. + [vi]. publ. adverts. Folding frontis. plan. Scattered foxing, modern e.ps., paper backed boards, some soiling and wear, paper title label to spine bumped with loss. Published the same year as the first edition.Ex.-libris 'Davies Gilbert of Cornwall, & East Bourne Sussex' Davies Gilbert (17671839) British engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as its President from 1827 to 1830. He changed his name to Gilbert in 1817 and served as Member of Parliament, first for Helston in Cornwall and then for Bodmin. US$111.
Published by London: Henry Colburn., 1826., 1826
Seller: Spike Hughes Rare Books ABA, Innerleithen, United Kingdom
US$ 173.29
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Add to basket8vo., pp. xvi, 248, fldg. map, 19th C. half calf, green cloth sides, green leather title label, bookplate removed from front e.p., repair to map at top right margin and small tear in centre without loss,small stain at inner top blank margin of leaf B1.
Published by London, Henry Colburn., 1826
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Half calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A delightful Georgian half calf with a smooth back, label cartouche and ornate gilt tooling to the foot and surrounding the cartouche. A blind roll frames the marbling on the boards. Folding map. With the armorial bookplate of William Ferrand. A fine copy of this fascinating and scarce work.