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Shakespeare and His Birth-Place: Containing A Biography of the Poet, and a Guide to Stratford-Upon-Avon and Its Vicinity
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1859
T. Nelson and Sons : London
7" by 4.5"
vi, 128pp, 16
SUMMARY
This scarce guide to Stratford-Upon Avon details the relationship between Shakespeare and his hometown.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
A first edition of this travel handbook for Stratford-Upon-Avon published by T. Nelson, featuring a detailed biography of Shakespeare. With eleven colour-tinted plates, collated and complete.
Following an introduction to Shakespeare's ancestry, childhood, youth, and public life, the volume offers a history of the playwright's home town and the poet's associations with specific buildings.
Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The book previously belonged to John Hewetson.
With a sixteen-page catalogue of publisher's adverts to the rear.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The cloth is discoloured to the bottom edge of the front board. Lightly rubbed to the boards, more so to the spine, which is bumped to the head and tail. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a little strain at pages 80 to 81, and pages 96 to 97. Aside from some light spotting to the front and the rear of the volume, pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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