1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK – SLIGHTLY FADED LETTERING ON SPINE. DESCRIBES HISTORY OF THE BERGEN SHIPPING LINE AND INCLUDES MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN SILK BOARDS DECORATED IN GILT. SOME BUMPING TO THE CORNERS AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND A CREASE ON THE FRONT BOARD WHICH IS ALSO SLIGHTLY LOOSE. THE FRONT BOARD ALSO HAS A CRACK DOWN THE LENGTH ON THE INSIDE – THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE REAR BOARD. FOLD OUT MAP AT THE FRONT. AN INSCRIPTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE F.E.P.. A LITTLE FOXING.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO THE LARGE PAPER VERSION WHICH WAS LIMITED TO 100 SUBSCRIBERS. TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER T.E.G. ILLUSTRATED BY THORBURN AND LODGE MAP TO THE REAR OF VOLUME 2. A HANSOME SET BUT WITH SEVERE SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER WITH SOME LOSS AT THE CORNERS. TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN. FROM THE LIBRARY OF GERALD LONGLEY PARKER WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. HE WAS A SOLDIER AND SERVED AS THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND WAS THE SON OF THE SIXTH EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. THE BOOKS WEIGH 5.6 Kg. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO HALF LEATHER OVER BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS WITH ENGRAVINGS ETCHINGS AND VIGNETTES FOLDING MAP PLATES SUBSCRIBERS 150 pp APPENDIX AND INDEX (58 pp). A FINE COPY.
VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS. CLOTH SPINE. CORNERS WORN AND RUBBED ALL ROUND. COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS ETCHINGS AND VIGNETTES
SECOND EDITION FOOLSCAP FOLIO. VERY GOOD REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH A NEW SPINE AND PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL BOARDS WHICH ARE WORN. RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE GILT TITLES AND GILT DECORATIONS. FRONTISPIECE OF TANNER TITLE DEDICATION PREFACE( xliv) NOTES ON THE ARMS OF MONASTRIES (7) WITH THREE PLATES OF ARMS A CATALOGUE OF THE GREATER MONASTRIES (3) 722pp INDEX PRINCIPALS OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES (13). EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
VERY GOOD COPY. IN GREEN HALF LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED FRONT AND END PAPERS. GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON SPINE. WITH FOUR RAISED BANDS. 45TH EDITION. IN FRENCH TEXT.