Author: James Bell
Title: A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales Vol II Part II
Description: Glasgow, Archibald Fullarton , 1833. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the second volume of the New and Comprehensive Gazetteer, covering from Flaxbourton to Kyte-Hardwike, illustrated with a number of folding maps. The first edition of this work by James Bell. Originally published in eight volumes.Containing volume two part two of the complete New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales. Illustrating towns and cities from Flaxbourton to Kyte-Hardwike, with the population and its parishes, according to the census of 1831, and the state of the elective franchise, as fixed by the provisions of the reform bill.Illustrated with six folding maps of Cumberland, Durham, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Norfolk, Monmouthshire. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart with only minor shelfwear and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The cloth to the spine has slightly faded. Neatly inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper with an index of the maps. Internally, binding is firm. Pages are slightly age toned, with some minor faint spotting affecting the occasional leaf, particularly to the first and last few leaves and folding maps. Illustrated with six folding maps of Cumberland, Durham, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Norfolk, Monmouthshire. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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