Author: Young, Robert M.
Title: The Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast
Description: Belfast, Ireland, Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd, Royal Ulster Works, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 6.75 x 10.5 in. pp. xvi + 351. Illustrated with foldout two-color map, ten full page engravings, and over 50 woodcut illustrations by James Smith. Peach cloth boards with brown lines and gilt seal-medallion of Belfast to cover. Gilt title and two small brown designs to spine. Rubbing to extremities; corners bumped.Stains to front board. Cloth just separating from 5 inches of rear joint, but holding. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore-edge and bottom edges untrimmed. Elaborate initial caps and tailpieces throughout, bracketed side notes present to some of text, and numerous in-text illustrations. Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, stamped in purple to front pastedown, with "Reference Copy. Feb. 92" handwritten in ink, below.Title page in red and black, with red wax seal. New seal of city of Belfast to verso of title page. Very light foxing, most noticeably to endpapers. Map: "A Bird's-Eye View of the City of Belfast, 1890", 12 x 10 inches. In black and white with red ink overlay showing extent of Belfast in 1690. Light foxing to edges of map. Bottom left corner of map creased, but only in margin. Includes a prefixed "Chronical List of Notable Events with the History of Belfast to the present time". The "Town Book" is an important strand of primary information that helps chart the development of Belfast, describing the working of the Corporation with limited political power but still having an impact on peoples' everyday lives and business. This book celebrates the work of Robert Magill Young in compiling the "Town Book. Ill.: J. Thomson, James Smith. Fair .
Keywords: Belfast History J. Thomson, James Smith
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Title: The Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast
Description: Belfast, Ireland, Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd, Royal Ulster Works, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 6.75 x 10.5 in. pp. xvi + 351. Illustrated with foldout two-color map, ten full page engravings, and over 50 woodcut illustrations by James Smith. Peach cloth boards with brown lines and gilt seal-medallion of Belfast to cover. Gilt title and two small brown designs to spine. Rubbing to extremities; corners bumped.Stains to front board. Cloth just separating from 5 inches of rear joint, but holding. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore-edge and bottom edges untrimmed. Elaborate initial caps and tailpieces throughout, bracketed side notes present to some of text, and numerous in-text illustrations. Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, stamped in purple to front pastedown, with "Reference Copy. Feb. 92" handwritten in ink, below.Title page in red and black, with red wax seal. New seal of city of Belfast to verso of title page. Very light foxing, most noticeably to endpapers. Map: "A Bird's-Eye View of the City of Belfast, 1890", 12 x 10 inches. In black and white with red ink overlay showing extent of Belfast in 1690. Light foxing to edges of map. Bottom left corner of map creased, but only in margin. Includes a prefixed "Chronical List of Notable Events with the History of Belfast to the present time". The "Town Book" is an important strand of primary information that helps chart the development of Belfast, describing the working of the Corporation with limited political power but still having an impact on peoples' everyday lives and business. This book celebrates the work of Robert Magill Young in compiling the "Town Book. Ill.: J. Thomson, James Smith. Fair .
Keywords: Belfast History J. Thomson, James Smith
Price: US$ 175.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 85573
- Book number: 85573
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