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Seller: Storm Mountain Books, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Collectible; Acceptable. [FIRST EDITION] London: George Philip and Son, 1856. Hardcover, bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper boards; 6 compartment ribbed spine with gilt letters and decorations, t.e.g. Engraved vignette to frontispiece and text in decorated borders. Includes 30 pages on the Welsh rivers with the Conwy highlighted. No edition stated, so presumed first. pp. xv; 186. Both boards separated and toned; prior (prominent) owner bookplate on front paste-down; minor spotting, smudging to a few pages. Otherwise a fine copy of this hard-to-find 1st edition. No marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. Seller Inventory # 50-60YI-FOPW