The Doomed City; or, the Last Days of Durocina. A Tale of the Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain, and the Mission of Augustine

Published by London, Oxford: A.R. Mowbray and Co., 1901

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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

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[Historical fiction] FINE PRIZE BINDING, revised edition. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.320. With a frontispiece in black and decorative chapter headpieces. Green full calf, boards gilt-ruled, gilt armorial device to upper. Spine with red label lettered in gilt, raised bands, and gilt-tooling. Dentelles in blind to turn-ins. Gold vein marbled endpapers, marbled textblock edges. Preliminaries and rear leaves toned and spotted, lighter toning and spotting throughout. Prize bookplate to front pastedown, dated 1907. Some dustiness to textblock edges. Light scuffing to boards with two small chips to lower. Spine and lower lightly sunned, some minor rubbing to joints and extremities. Very good. One of Crake's juvenile historical novels surrounding ancient Britain. He was also a deacon, Bloxham schoolmaster, and historian.

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Title
The Doomed City; or, the Last Days of Durocina. A Tale of the Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain, and the Mission of Augustine
Author
CRAKE, [Rev.] A.D. (1836-1890)
Publisher
London, Oxford: A.R. Mowbray and Co., 1901
Binding
Hardcover
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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

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