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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. TITLE: DOWN BY THE SEA 1880 ILLUSTRATED Nice label to the front board AUTHOR: NONE STATED PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, NY 1880 EDITION: First Edition assumed CATEGORY: Children, Education BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: RED CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The outside of the book is in good condition with some minor spots to the back board. The inside is in good condition. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 4 ½ x 7 (approximately) PAGES: 62 pages. Good/None dust jacket condition as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: LADS AND LASSES series. DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, NY 1880. SOMEWHAT RARE BOOK WITH ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUND AT THE TIME OF THIS RESEARCH, AND IT IS PRICED IN THE $85 RANGE!!!! COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc 79 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 007151. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None stated (illustrator). An early edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of his journey to Russia, written only a year before the start of the Crimean war, with this enlarged edition including remarks upon the political landscape of Russia. The third edition. Revised and enlarged.Illustrated with a monochrome lithographic frontispiece, thirty-three monochrome engraved vignettes, one map plate and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete.Laurence Oliphant's autobiographical account of his journey through Russia. Oliphant was a member of parliament and a British author and traveller. He left his law studies to travel in Russia, writing this work as a result. The work was written before the start of the Crimean war, with this later edition featuring an additional chapter with his views and remarks on the war in connection to his travels.In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with a slight lean, slight marks to the boards, bumping and light edge wear. Owner's ink inscription to the pastedown. The odd page starting, otherwise firm. Pages very lightly age toned with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of John Wood Warter's intriguing study on West Tarring in the mid Victorian era. Complete in two volumes.The first edition of this scarce work.A charming topographical history and study on West Tarring, in which the author explores the social life of the local inhabitants.'The Sea-Board and the Down' provides an essential and fascinating resource on country village life in the mid nineteenth century.Illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved title page to each volume.Written by John Wood Warter, an antiquarian known for his friendship with Robert Southey.Bookplate of Joseph Henry Woollan to the front paste downs. Ink inscription to the front paste downs.Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume II. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The occasional light marks to the boards. Small crack to the head of the rear joint of Volume II. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate and ink inscription to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.