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HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Chapmand & Hall, Limited, 1906. 2 volumes. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout both volumes with many full-page plates and a plethora of illustrations within the text. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper covers lettered and decorated pictorially in black, top edges gilt. xv, [1], 327; xi, [1], 316 pp. A fine set, very well preserved, the bindings strong and tight, the text-blocks clean and bright, a lovely set with only minimal evidence of age. FIRST EDITION AND A VERY PLEASING SET, ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED. The author notes that this is the first book to be produced which addresses itself to the Old Inns and their story. The author took great delight in planning the work and executing it over a ten year period. He addresses himself to the last of the London Inns, most of which were long gone by the time the work was published. The journey seems to have been delightful for the author, the mapping out of England… Leer más

London: Chapman & Hall, Limited. 1906. 2 vols. 8vo. (22 x 15 cm.). pp.xv+327; xi+316. Bound by Bayntun in half red calf, spines with gilt decorated compartments, blue and green labels, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 31 uncoloured plates including frontispiece displaying a total of 37 images. 204 uncoloured in text illustrations. A very handsome set.