THE NEW FOREST Its History and Its Scenery by John R. Wise.
The book is published by Smith, Elder and Co, London. 1st edition 1863.
EXAMPLE OF CONTENTS:
Its Scenery
Its Early History
Calshot Castle and the Old South Eastern Sea Coast
Beaulieu Abbey
The Valley of Avon
Christchurch
The Geology
The Botany
Etc..
The books cover is red pictorial cloth boards with gold gilt title writing and gold gilt decorations to front, back and spine. The cover has some light surface shelf ware and with rubbing to the corners. The spine area has some small parts missing and has some light rubbing along the edges, otherwise in good condition. Outer pages have gold gilt finish. The hinges, inner boards and endpapers are in good order. The front one"s have a small stamp to them as does the back of the title page. With frontispiece. The book is profusely illustrated throughout with intext drawings (see pictures). The book has 336 pages including the index. The pages are in good condition. Also with map. The binding is tight and square.
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