[DANIEL (John Henry) & HENWOOD (G.)]MareMagnum
WHITE WalterMareMagnum
A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End and a Trip to the Scilly Isles [made in 1854]. Second [and Best] Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE BEST EDITION
8vo., Second Edition, with a folding engraved map as frontispiece and 3 folding engraved maps; original green cloth, upper board withy blind frame border enclosing title and author in gilt, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the engraved bookplates of C J Peacock and Alfred Pounder on front paste-down and front free endpaper respectively. The engraved county maps by Hall (of Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire and Hampshire) are unusually crisp and clean. A previous owner has encased the cloth covers in clear plastic. Lovely copy of the corrected and expanded version of the original edition of 1855. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB127,38 €
