The New Forest Handbook : Historical and Descriptive. With a Map and Itinerary
Phillips, C J (association copy)
Published by J G Short., H Doman & H M Gilbert, Lyndhurst, Lymington & Southampton, 1875
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All original 67 pages + 7 pp publisher's ads. Bound in pale green decorated card 13 x 18 cms with Mint 30 x 25 cm fold out (six panels) map bound in, opposite the Title Page (see images). There is a small red blemish showing on the top cover. This is a considerable rarity in this condition. Only later editions had ten photographs bound in. Spine showing 1 cm minor loss. With the author's inked inscription "R.Barns Esq. With the author's Comp'ts & Best Wishes". The Preface is signed in Print: "C.J.P.,Southampton June 1875". From later editions we find this is C. J. Phillips. There are some very faint pencil annotations opposite the Author's inscription (see second image). Seller Inventory # 006035
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Title: The New Forest Handbook : Historical and ...
Publisher: J G Short., H Doman & H M Gilbert, Lyndhurst, Lymington & Southampton
Publication Date: 1875
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: H Doman: Lymington
Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: True First Edition
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THE NEW FOREST HANDBOOK: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary
Published by
J. G. Short, Lyndhurst, 1876
Used
Hardcover
Seller: C & J Read - Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. pp.106 plus 2 pages of publisher's adverts. Illustrated with 10 original sepia photographs by J. G. Short pasted onto blank leaves with black lined borders and a folding frontis. map. Original brown endpapers and original bevelled green cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration. Ex-Library with round perforated stamp on title page and numbers on verso and small round stamps in margins of a few pages and margin of map.Title written in gold on spine with Library class number and traces of erasure of white ink over the words 'the new'. Some light wear to head and foot of spine. Otherwise a Very Bright and Presentable copy of this scarce book. Seller Inventory # 021834
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The New Forest Handbook: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary.
Published by
J. G. Short 1876, Lyndhurst, 1876
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 106, [2 ads] pp. Green boards with gilt decoration and lettering to front, black borders and tooled device to back board, all edges gilt. Wear to spine ends and edges, discolouration to back board and front edges. Light occasional foxing inside and a torn but complete map. An attractive book exploring the New Forest in Hampshire with 10 albumen photographic plates taken by J. G. Short, decorative borders and engraved illustrations throughout. 8vo. Seller Inventory # 71555
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The New Forest Handbook : Historical and Descriptive. With a new map and itinerary. By C. J. Phillips, author of "A Popular Guide to Southampton," &c. Illustrated with original photographs by J. G. Short
Published by
J. G. Short, Lyndhurst, 1876
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Roger Collicott Books, Widecombe in the Moor, DEVON, United Kingdom
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Original Cloth. Condition: Good. (iv); (i)-ii; (7)-106 pages + advert leaf. All edges in gilt. Large folding frontispiece map with a slightly untidy repair, 10 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS mounted. Light foxing (not affecting the photographs) Ownership inscriptions on verso of the front endpaper. Original green highly decorative gilt cloth. The first edition was published one year earlier, it did not have photographic illustrations. John Golden Short the photographer was also a dispensing chemist, and also was the publisher of this work. A used copy of this rare photographic guide book. Seller Inventory # A9615
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The New Forest Handbook: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary. Illustrated with Original Photographs by J. G. Short.
Published by
J.G. Short Lyndhurst, 1876
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
2nd edition (but the first to be illustrated with photographs). Folding map at front and 10 albumen photographs mounted on thin card leaves within black ruled borders; these captioned in very light pencil on the blank margins. 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches), 106-pages with 1 leaf of advertisements at end. Original bevelled green cloth attractively blocked in gilt, all edges gilt. Some marking to lower bevelled edge, headbands a trifle bruised. Overall this is a superb copy. Inscribed on verso of front free endpaper "Presented to G. J. Smith, August 29th 1880, by his loving wife Fannie". Seller Inventory # 19518
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