From Malcolm Books, Thetford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 10 April 2002
About this Item
This is No 270 of the 500 printed. of this large famous book of 50 pages of line drawing drawn by the Author, of Norwich and it's ecclesiastical & domestic architecture and fittings, and as the Author states decaying and rapidly disappearing, with some lost/destroyed between drawing and the Publication of this Book in 1884.This book is getting rarer all the time as the poor glue used to bind the gilt edged art card paper to binding was not upto the job, and almost every copy has loose pages or rebound/ reglued. Though most now having been (and are even now) broken up as the illustrated pages are so much more valuable ( to the print dealers) than the whole book. This book appears complete with all illustrated pages title pages and subscribers list at rear. Original Blue, Gilt lettering is complete with small tears at very top of spine and minor sign's of lightness (,poss minor water marks) and minor rubbing to corners of this large tome. Contents generally good to very, with very minor foxing on 1st few pages before Illustrated pages, 3 pages with marks/dirt etc. restricted to edge only not affecting illustration , all pages loose but still containing their gilt edges (top, side & base) ***********as this is a large book weighing approx. 4 1/2 Lbs (over 2kilos) extra postage outside UK ,( or can be collected at fairs i do in London Long Melford (the book fair), Norwich etc. if you e-mail me 10 1/2" x 13 3/4" Approx. Seller Inventory # 000367
Bibliographic Details
Title: Quaint Old Norwich
Publisher: The Author, Edward Preston Willins, Norwich
Publication Date: 1884
Binding: Hard Back
Illustrator: Edward Preston Willins
Edition: First Edition / Limited / Numbered
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