1908 Yorkshire by Gordon Home / A&C Black, London / 71 Superb Colour Plates / Lovely Decorative Binding / Good Condition / Antique Book

In excellent condition, here is a lovely antique copy of Yorkshire - Painted and Described by Gordon Home. Published in 1908 by Adam & Charles Black, London. This is a first in this edition. With 71 super colour plates, a folding-map and lovely decorative boards.

Contents: Across the Moors From Pickering to Whitby; Along the Esk Valley; The Coast From Whitby to Redcar; The Coast From Whitby to Scarborough; Scarborough; Whitby; The Cleveland Hills; Guisborough and the Skeleton Valley; From Pickering to Rievaulx Abbey; The Dale Country as a Whole; Richmond; Swaledale; Ripon and Fountains Abbey; Knaresborough and Harrogate; Wharfedale; Skipton, Malham and Gordale; Settle and the Ingleton Fells; Concerning the Wolds; From Filey to Spurn Head; Beverley; Along the Humber; The Derwent and the Howardian Hills; A Brief Description of the City of York; The Manufacturing District.

Inside the pages are clean, bright and tightly bound, with no writing or other markings of previous ownership. All 71 colour plates are present as called for, with their captioned tissue-guards. The folding-map is still present, it has tanned but is otherwise in very good condition.

Light brown cloth over boards have dark brown rose design and titles. In top order, clean and bright. With just a couple of very faint thin scratch marks on the back - but minor, and this is a very attractive book.

Your antique copy of Yorkshire will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged with tracking and insurance. I am always happy to include a gift card and message if desired.

H 23.5 cm x W 18 cm, 464 pages, 1.3 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).

* If you would prefer for your book not to be decoratively wrapped but sent simply in the full protective packaging, please add a note to the order.

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