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Cloth, gilt cover device of Liverpool City arms, top edge gilt, 4to, 26 cm, viii, 374 pp (in double-column format). Over 13,000 entries. A superb detailed catalogue and an essential reference to pre-20th century pictorial and written material on Liverpool. Especially valuable for the sections on views of Liverpool streets and buildings which effectively catalogue the visual architectural history of the city and quickly enable the tracing and identification of early engravings and paintings. Classified arrangement with a short index of subjects. Main chapter headings are : History and Materials for History; Liverpool Charters; Arms, Seal, Coins, Tokens, Medals; Siege of Liverpool, Defence of Liverpool, Military Affairs; Notable Events, Royal Visits; General Description of Liverpool; Liverpool Directories; Maps and Plans; General Views of Liverpool; Views &c of Liverpool Streets and Districts; Views of Buildings of Liverpool; Liverpool Families and Persons; Local Government, Social Economy; Education in Liverpool; Theatres, Music Halls, Concert Halls; Liverpool Bay and Harbour; River Mersey, Docks; Dock and Port Charges, Dues on Shipping and Imports; Commerce and Shipping; Slave Trade, Privateering; Banking; Insurance; Canals; Railways; Literature, Art and Science. An ex-library copy with a gilt Dewey number and small sticker on the spine, label on front pastedown endpaper pencil notes on verso of title-page, barcode sticker on verso of rear free endpaper, endpapers foxed and occasional light foxing elsewhere, covers somewhat thumbed and slight mustiness. Seller Inventory # ABE-59823
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