Title: Handbook to the Cathedrals of England [and] Wales Author: ** Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1862-1879 Description: Cathedrals of England, comprises: Eastern Division, Oxford, Peterborough, Norwich, Ely, Lincoln, 1862; Northern Division, Parts I-II: York, Ripon, Carlisle, Durham, Chester, Manchester, 1869; Western Division, Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Bristol, Lichfield, "New Edition," 1874; Southern Division, Parts I-II: Wincehster, Salisbury, Exeter, Wells, Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, St. Alban’s, 1876; Saint Paul’s, 1879; and one Handbook volume to Welsh Cathedrals: Llandaff, St. David’s, St. Asaph, Bangor, 1873. Together, 8 volumes. Illustrated with numerous wood-engraved plates, including frontispieces with tissue-guards. 7x4¾, uniform period morocco, four brown, three reddish-brown and one black, spines lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Editions, except one. Two volumes with the bookplate of Camulos Rancho (Piru, Ventura County), which was one of the last few remaining old Spanish California homesteads and the main setting for Helen Hunt Jackson's famous California novel, Ramona, and now designated as a National Historic Landmark. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing and edge wear; other minor wear; else a very good or better set. Item number: 153914
Title: Handbook to the Cathedrals of England [and] Wales Author: ** Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1862-1879 Description: Cathedrals of England, comprises: Eastern Division, Oxford, Peterborough, Norwich, Ely, Lincoln, 1862; Northern Division, Parts I-II: York, Ripon, Carlisle, Durham, Chester, Manchester, 1869; Western Division, Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Bristol, Lichfield, "New Edition," 1874; Southern Division, Parts I-II: Wincehster, Salisbury, Exeter, Wells, Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, St. Alban’s, 1876; Saint Paul’s, 1879; and one Handbook volume to Welsh Cathedrals: Llandaff, St. David’s, St. Asaph, Bangor, 1873. Together, 8 volumes. Illustrated with numerous wood-engraved plates, including frontispieces with tissue-guards. 7x4¾, uniform period morocco, four brown, three reddish-brown and one black, spines lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Editions, except one. Two volumes with the bookplate of Camulos Rancho (Piru, Ventura County), which was one of the last few remaining old Spanish California homesteads and the main setting for Helen Hunt Jackson's famous California novel, Ramona, and now designated as a National Historic Landmark. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing and edge wear; other minor wear; else a very good or better set. Item number: 153914
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