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ROBINSON**, CHRIS: : VICTORIAN PLYMOUTH: As Time Draws On. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.PLYMOUTH,DEVON.PEN & INK PUBLISHING,1991.

ISBN 0951074725.

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner's name inscrptn,but an ink date December 1991 to top corner of ffe and author/illustrators' neat,handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page, no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price. Some light,sporadic spotting (grease?) to title page,otherwise contents fine.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour-wash illustrated (from The Graphic,1876) upper wrap; b/w lettering and colour map illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Some minimal,light and suprficial scoring/indents to either panel of dw/dj and an approx. 1" wide lightly sunned/faded vertical band on rear panel,alongside the rear-facing spine/backstrip's gutter's fold/crease,where that part has extended further than it neighbouring,smaller sized books and caught the sun consequently.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Sharp cornered,bright,clean,publisher's original maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj, iv-xiii+3-210pp [paginated] includes author/ illustrator introduction+acknowledgements, contents+illus credits list/table,profuse contemporary b/w line illus,b/w engravings etc.,reproductions throughout the text and book (virtually one per page) with historical texts,a bibliography,an index,a list of presentation copies+subscribers to rear; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED title page and dedication. 'VICTORIAN PLYMOUTH: As Time Draws On' chronicles,in words and pictures,the development of what we know today as the City of Plymouth as it was in the 19thC - when it was a largely rural area encompassing the Three Towns and diverse villages and hamlets. From the pre-photographic era you will find well drawn scenes by on-the-spot artists depicting different aspects of life and society in the days when horse power ruled the roads. With a picture and a story on every page,here you can monitor the growth of the Three Towns, see the development of Devonport and the Dockyard,witness the rise in status of Stonehouse with its own Town Hall and plot the urban sprawl of Plymouth with its ever-expanding boundaries. The distinctly separate communities that made up Plympton and Plymstock are also represented as are those of Cattedown, Weston Mill, Oreston, Turnchapel and Mount Batten. There are fascinating accounts too of the building of Rennie's Breakwater,Brunel's Bridge and Douglass's Eddystone Lighthouse. In this,his third book on the area,Chris Robinson brings Victorian Plymouth to life and there can be no easier or more pleasant way to take yourself back in time and see the town and its surroundings as our Victorian forebears would have known it. Readers of his 'As Time Draws On' series (see rja402211 and rja402311) in the Evening Herald (a local newspaper) will be familiar with the bulk of the text and the pictures but perhaps not the maps,particularly the overlay maps of Plymouth City Centre,past and present,which show clearly where many of the buildings,depicted within the pages of this wonderful book,would have stood in relation to the modern street plan. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author's signature - without dedication.

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