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Charles G. Harper - The Brighton Road

Title: The Brighton Road
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated account of travelling along the Brighton road in the 19th century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Frontispiece, 48 further plates, and numerous illustrations accompanying the text. Collated complete. Charles George Harper (1863–1943) was an English author and illustrator. Harper wrote many self-illustrated travel books, exploring the regions, roads, coastlines, literary connections, and old inns of Britain. This is his detailed anecdotal account of travelling along the Brighton road, with a history of transportation. 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart, with some faint marks to the boards and the spine. Colour is somewhat faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot throughout. Closed tear to one of the plates. Good . Ill.: Charles G. Harper. Good .

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Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 842M7

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