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Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1932
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Nice tidy copy; oxblood cloth with gilt lettering on slightly darkened spine; foxing on end papers; discreet name stamp on front free end paper; all maps checked and present; binding tight. Used - Very Good. VG Hardback (No dust jacket).
Published by Herald Printing Works, New York, 1944
First Edition Signed
Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). First edition. A History of York from A.D.71 to the Victorian period, signed by author and York enthusiast, Charles Brunton Knight A first edition of The History of the City of York, signed by the author. Following an introduction by Oxford lecturer Sir John Marriot, Charles Brunton Knight offers an account of the city from its foundation in the Roman period, through the Anglican, Danish, Medieval, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, and Victorian periods. The comprehensive account of the York reveals the leading role that the city historically had in national life. With three folding maps, collated and complete. Author's pen signature to the first page of the foreword. Brunton Knight published several books about York, including This is York: A Personally-Conducted Tour. In original quarter calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Only lightly rubbed to the boards but a little more so to the spine, with some loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Very lightly foxed to the endpapers, but otherwise pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good. signed by author. book.