Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and ..., Gisborne in Gisborne, Gisborne for sale

Staining and rubbing to boards. 1/2"missing to cloth at tail of spine. Hinges weak. Previous owner's signature"Alfred Jones 1856". Foxing and dust stains. ; xxiii, [1], 274 pages + 16 plates, maps, and tables. Contemporary blind-stamped brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 223 x 137mm. Selected contents of this volume:"On the State of the Western Portion of the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland, down to the period of the Norman Conquest", by John Hodgson Hinde;"On the Saxon Element, in the Diction of English Poetry", by David Buxton;"On Babylon; and on the Discovery of the Cuneiform Characters and the mode of Interpreting them"by Dr. Julius Oppert (with folding map of Babylon);"On the Ethnology of South Britain at the period of the extinction of the Roman Government in the Islalnd", by Thomas Wright;"On the Lepidopterous Insects of the District around Liverpool", by Charles Stuart Gregson. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume VIII. Session 1855-56. (Historic Society of] Lancashire and Cheshire)
Author
Historic Society of] Lancashire and Cheshire
Title
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume VIII. Session 1855-56.
Publisher name
J. H. Parker, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1856
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Great Britain Regional History
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