The Tower of London Tapa dura - 1977

Michael Joseph - Folio Miniatures, 1977. 1st edition.. Hardback. Printed boards, VG+. 32pp, 16pp colour plates, 14 b/w illustrations, page margins a little tanned otherwise a fine copy. A brief history of the Tower of London, the book along the lines of a King Penguin.

UK,slim 12mo HB,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn thus. [Printed in Great Britian by Sackville Press Billericay Limited and bound by J. M. Dent & Sons (Letchworth) Limited.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,paper-covered glossy,green background with colour pictorial illustrated front panel (of The Tower of London,from a manuscript copy of the poems of Charles,Duke of Orleans, 15thC.),with capitalised,black lettered title+author name to front; a white spine/backstrip with black letters and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board with green background to a white oval with black lettered text within,and immaculate,repeated b/w map of the Tower of London illustrated endpapers (by George Cruikshank,from the 6th edn (1895) of 'The Tower of London' by William Harrison Ainsworth.) Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges or corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but without… Leer más

London Michael Joseph, 1975, hardcover. Includes 16 color plates. Map on endsheets. -- Hardcover, 32 pages plus the plates, 5x7.5 inches. Condition: very good (tiny scuff marks on cover edge; owner name; no jacket issued). ISBN 0718115449

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.