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Donald Maxwell. Unknown Sussex. The Bodley Head, London, 1926.
Price: US$10.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, second reprint. In a red cloth hardcover with gilt titles to spine and gilt and blue crest to spine and front. No dust jacket. 207 pp. with numerous plates and line drawings. The book is in good condition with just minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover and heavy sunning of the spine. The hinges are cracked and the binding a little slack. There is offsetting to the feps and a little damage to the fore edge of the ffep. There is light foxing to the fore edge and very occasional minor spots on the pages. Otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked.
Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.46 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. xiv + 174 pp. Half title. Bound in original grey cloth. Top edges red. Some water stains on boards. Deckled edges, hand cut at side, with a few tears. Otherwise good condition. Illustrated by coloured frontispiece and by numerous full page and vignette drawings in text. Delightful work, full of fine drawings by Donald Maxwell (1877-1936). The greater part of the book relates to Kent and Sussex, including smuggling, vineyards, the reconstruction of Watling Street for modern traffic, the Wealden cloth industry and the North Kent cement industry. Other chapters are concerned with the improvements to the Great West Road, the New River in London and the Essex silk and Surrey iron industries. KENT MAXWELL KENT - TOPOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY KENT
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Maxwell, Donald. History with a Sketch Book. John Lane & the Bodley Head, 1926.
Price: US$16.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex Convent Libary (now closed). Single library stamp and previous owner's name. Small loss to paper covering of front board and associated small selotape residue. Spine bumped at head and foot. ; Ex-Library; 66 Colour and B& W by author; 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.7"; xiv, 174 pages; Written and illustrated by the author. A descriptive tour through the historic industries and scenery of Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
Seller: C P Books Limited, Oxted, United Kingdom
Donald Maxwell. Unknown Sussex. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926.
Price: US$25.37 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1926. Reprinted. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages and illustrations are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom