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GOODALL**, FELICITY: : LOST PLYMOUTH: HIDDEN HERITAGE OF THE THREE TOWNS.**

SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.BIRLINN LIMITED,2009.

ISBN 9781841586250.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NMINT/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price to dw/djs' inner flap.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour+b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj (colour painting 'The Barbican - by Nicholas Condy,and monochrome detail of view of Plymouth by J.M.W. Turner); with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of the light creasing is to the top edges of the dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - so possibly unread? Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,pristine,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt leterrs to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xipp+1-292pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,an introduction,32 chapters,profuse mixture of b/w contemporary illus+photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a 3pp biblio, and 4pp index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages. During the Second World War,Plymouth earned the distinction of being the most bombed city outside London.But it was the planners,not the Luftwaffe,who caused most damage over the years,and today few traces remain of Plymouth as ut was in the days of its most famous son,Sir Francis Drake. By the 19th century,houses built by Elizabethan merchants has deteriorated into some of the worst slums in Europe as the population of Plymouth,Devonport and Stonehouse quadrupled.The city gates which kept out the Royalist army durig the Civil War were knocked down by the Victorian city fathers,and Palace Court,where the young Catherine of Aragon slept when she arrived as future Queen of England,was demolished in the 1880's.Widespread developments after the Second World War changed the face of Plymouth forever,and the few remaining remnants of the past lie mostly hidden amongst the modern cityscape. In 'Lost Plymouth' Felicity Goodall takes a fascinating journey into the past to create a vivid portrait of one of the country's most historic cities. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GOODALL**, FELICITY: : Lost Plymouth: HIDDEN HERITAGE OF THE THREE TOWNS.**

SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.BIRLINN LIMITED,2009.

ISBN 9781841586250.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase,so no owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - ptice to rear pAnel of dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour+b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj (colour painting 'The Barbican - by Nicholas Condy,and monochrome detail of view of Plymouth by J.M.W. Turner); with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt leterrs to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xipp+1-292pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, acknowledgements,introduction,32 chapters, profuse mixture of b/w contemporary illus+ photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,3pp bibliography,and 4pp index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. See also my book ID rja480914 for another near similar condition example of this same title. During the Second World War,Plymouth earned the distinction of being the most bombed city outside London.But it was the planners,not the Luftwaffe,who caused most damage over the years,and today few traces remain of Plymouth as ut was in the days of its most famous son,Sir Francis Drake. By the 19th century,houses built by Elizabethan merchants has deteriorated into some of the worst slums in Europe as the population of Plymouth,Devonport and Stonehouse quadrupled.The city gates which kept out the Royalist army durig the Civil War were knocked down by the Victorian city fathers,and Palace Court,where the young Catherine of Aragon slept when she arrived as future Queen of England,was demolished in the 1880's.Widespread developments after the Second World War changed the face of Plymouth forever,and the few remaining remnants of the past lie mostly hidden amongst the modern cityscape. In 'Lost Plymouth' Felicity Goodall takes a fascinating journey into the past to create a vivid portrait of one of the country's most historic cities. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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