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Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis: A Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts relating to the County and City of Gloucester
John Washbourn
1823-1825
Washbourn and Son : Gloucester
10" by 7.5"
viii, [6], 152, 3; 153-324; ccv, 325-456pp.
SUMMARY
A collection of scarce documents relating to the city of Gloucester, dating from the civil war.
First Edition,Local Imprint,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Fair
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
First edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards.
Complete in three volumes.
Compiled by John Washbourn, this work is comprised of copies of scarce and curious documents relating to the county and city of Gloucester, illustrative of and published during the civil war. This includes information on the military leaders and the government in the seventeenth century.
With four plates, including a frontispiece and a plan of Gloucester to volume one, a frontispiece to volume two and a map depicting the geographical view of Gloucestershire during the civil war in volume three. Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, fair, with rubbing to the boards and to the hinges. Partial loss to the backstrip to all three volumes. Boards slightly soiled, with the odd chip to the extremities. Hinges starting to all volumes. City of Cardiff library bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, binding is tender in places, particularly to the rear of volume three. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional mark.
Overall Condition: Fair
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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