By arthur sparrow (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. x, [ii], 144 pages + plates and folding map - complete as listed. The first illustration on the list is printed in gilt on the front board. In the original red boards, some wear, stains and marks. The corners are bumped and worn.The end papers are unevenly browned. There is an ink inscription to the front free end paper - From A.B. Hanbury-Sparrow The folding map is creased where it has been misfolded and there is a small tear. Light browning to page edges. Occasional spotting.…

Full-Leather. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Privately Printed in 1898, this is the Scarce First Edition of this History of the Village of Church Preen in Shropshire, a lovely rural village residing in the valley below Wenlock Edge. The book is bound in the rare Publishers Full Leather binding, as opposed to the more commonly seen cloth binding, titled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, Internally printed on nice quality handmade paper, illustrated with a folding map, photographs and drawings, a large format measuring 10.25 inches by 8 inches approx., 144 pages, this copy has bookplates of former owners, including Plaish Hall which is located very near to Church Preen, also the bookplate of Michael Cecil De Courcy Peele who was a Solicitor from nearby Shrewsbury. The binding has some edge rubbing wear else is in good solid condition, internally a few foxing and other mild marks, some creasing to edge of folding map else in good general condition. …