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[A VICTORIAN SEASIDE RESORT GUIDE WITH ORIGINAL ADVERTISING BOOKLETS]





Book Description
12mo, 15cm, [4],82,[10]p., tipped original photograph frontispiece, folding engraved map, engraved plan of Ventnor. Original quarter cloth & printed paper covered boards (light foxing).
A well preserved copy of this guide to the popular Victorian resort town of Ventnor and nearby village Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. Of particular note are ORIGINAL ADVERTISING BOOKLETS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES bound in and not often found in this state. A good copy (wanting 2 leaves of advertising supplement; light foxing throughout). This edition not in COPAC.
Author
Knights Handbook To Ventnor And Bonchurch With Notes On History, Topography, Climate, Geology, Etc.,
Publisher
Ventnor: Published at Knight’s Library, 147 & 149, High Street And All Booksellers,
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