An Essay Towards a History of Bideford, in the County of Devon
by [WATKINS, John]
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About This Item
Exeter: Printed by E. Grigg, 1792.. First edition. 8vo. xii, 276 pp. Later dark green half morocco over matching boards, gilt rules to the spine, gilt lettered direct to two panels, mid-20th century booklabel of the local collectors Margot and Roy Mugsford of Topsham. Very good.
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- Title
- An Essay Towards a History of Bideford, in the County of Devon
- Author
- [WATKINS, John]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Exeter: Printed by E. Grigg
- Date Published
- 1792.
- Keywords
- Travel TRAVEL Topography Devon
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...