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Publicado por Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1885
Librería: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condición: Good Condition, Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated By John Sturgess Ilustrador. Blue cloth binding with fading gilt design on front cover. Top and bottom of spine, spine edges, edges and corners of binding rubbed and bumped. Front and Back hinges beginning to crack. Binding shaken but still together. This copy is a good reading copy and a good candidate for rebinding. 468pp. Content clean and bright with some minor foxing. This book is large and may require additional postage. Photos available on request.
Publicado por Richard Bentley, London, 1885
Librería: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
Original o primera edición
HARDCOVER. john sturgess Ilustrador. First edition. 468pp b/w illustrations octavo cloth. shaken, foxing, frontispiece and title page starting, cover wear otherwise near good.
Publicado por Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1885
Librería: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. John Sturgess Ilustrador. First Edition. Nicely illustrated, 468 pages of stories of the Stagecoach - traveling upon them and their roads, how road improvements have made a difference, the early days of the railroads, etc. Decorated binding has moderate edge wear, small bookplate on front pastedown; a few pages have significant foxing (most pages have none); some pages are uncut. Book.
Publicado por Richard Bentley, London, 1882, 1882
Librería: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Condición: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Bound in contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, slightly scuffed and rubbed, frontis splitting at lower margin, slightly foxing to prelims and edges, otherwise very good indeed.
Publicado por Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1885
Librería: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Condición: Very Good binding. First Edition. A presentable First Edition copy. There is some wear to the corners and a couple of the plates have some minor foxing. The front hinge appears to have been neatly re-glued. Collates complete with 16 plates (including the frontispiece) by the hunting and racing artist | lithographer John Sturgess. Very Good binding.
Publicado por Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1885
Librería: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Cloth Boards. illustrations by John Sturgess Ilustrador. 8vo, pp. viii, 468, b/w frontis., b/w plates, pencil notes f.f.ep., light offsetting from plates, some light marks throughout, edges dusty, orig cl bds., sticker top cnr front cover, edges rubbed, cnrs bent and frayed Follow on of the book 'Old Coaching Days', includes development of English roads and its impact on travel.
Publicado por Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1885
Librería: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Nueva Zelanda
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Sturgess, John Ilustrador. First Edition. Rubber stamp on title page. Hinges cracked. 2" split at tail of front joint. 1 1/2" splitting to cloth along rear joint. Short tears up to 3/8" at ends of spine. Binding shaky. Boards faded and rubbed. Moderate creasing and wear to spine cloth.; viii, 468 pages + frontispiece + 15 plates (tinted lithographs). Blue cloth boards with bronze coloured illustration on front board. "Setting out with our old Highways, some of which were partially used by coaches, I have proceeded to show how our roads were improved, and the results of such improvement as regarded increased speed in travelling ." - from the preface. ; 8vo.
Publicado por London : Richard Bentley & Son, 1882
Librería: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
Original o primera edición
First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of John Henry Arthur Whitley. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Physical description; vii, 279 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Coaching (Transportation). 1 Kg.
Publicado por London : Richard Bentley & Son, 1882
Librería: MW Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of John Henry Arthur Whitley. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Physical description; vii, 279 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Coaching (Transportation). 1 Kg.
Cloth. Condición: Good. John Sturgess Ilustrador. First edition. A first edition of this charming illustrated work on the coaching experiences of the author, an entertaining work on Victorian England. The first edition of this work.A charming reflection on the author Stanley Harris' days working as a coachman, an important transport career before the days of railways.Offering a detailed history of road travelling, with entertaining anecdotes (such as a whole chapter deducted to the heavy snowstorm of 1836) and informative facts such as time-bills and figures. Also including vivid descriptions of the popular coaching inns of the day, particularly surrounding London, and the methods behind buildings coaches.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates.Collated, complete.Half-title states 'Road Sketches in Bygone Days'.Illustrated by John Sturgess. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. A couple of light marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Good. book.