Goodacre h j (3 risultati)

Soft cover. trade pbak. near mint. sticky label on back. owner's name neatly inked on title page. keywords: otto lehman 0.0.

Laminated pictorial wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm 72 pp, ills. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper, front wrapper slightly creased, otherwise Good.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of a lovingly crafted local history of Buxton, England's highest market town. The first edition of Buxton: Old and New, A Study of its Rise and Growth During Two Thousand Years, written by local historian J.A. Goodacre. Privately printed by J.A. Goodacre in 1928.In the publisher's original brown cloth, with one hundred and eight drawings, including four colour plates, a folding plate and a frontispiece. Collated complete.Goodacre provides an insightful account of England's highest market town, including its Roman origins as well as the story behind some of its iconic landmarks, such as Grinlow Tower, Buxton Gardens, and the natural baths. Lovingly crafted, the book is beautifully illustrated alongside Goodacre's narrative. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart, with the small odd mark to boards. Sings of shelf wear, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Small patches of rubbing to the front board and joints. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the faint odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Various [inc. E. Brocklehurst, Ry. Coller, W. Hargreaves, Van Jones E. Lawrence, J.L. Martin, H. Rutherford, H.P. Templar, G.H. Tomlinson] (illustratore). book.…