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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book. "Surrey Archaeological Collections - Volume XXIV" By The Surrey Archaeological Society. This is the First Edition, printed by Roworth & Co., Limited for The Surrey Archaeological Society, London, 1911. Heavy book. PLEASE NOTE: As this book is heavy (over 1.1 Kg with packaging), if you are buying this from outside the U.K. please expect additional shipping costs. 8vo, 22.6 cm x 15 cm x 3 cm, Dark blue cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering on spine, Gilt embossed logo of The Surrey Archaeological Society on front cover, Clear embossed bars on spine, Clear embossed framing on front & back cover, Some unevenly sized pages, no dust-jacket. 212 pages. Weight: 840 Grams. CONTENTS ARE LIKE NEW!!! However, there are 2 or 3 cracks in between pages, including between last end paper & pastedown. Spine is slightly discoloured & marked, bumped & scuffed either end, gilt slightly dull. Cover is slightly marked, few light scratches mostly on back, gilt quite bright, edge wear including bumps. Corners are scuffed, bottom ones are bumped. Outer edges tanned & slightly marked, bottom edges has indents. Also incuded are 2 stapled booklets, inserted in between p. 6 & 7, the rusty staples have left marks on book's pages, outer pages of booklets marked & slightly frayed round edges. Some pages (very few) have tiny edge bumps/nicks. Light age tanning & very rare foxing throughout, more pronounced on end papers & pastedowns. RARE ITEM, EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE!!! Full title: "Surrey Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County". This is Volume XXIV of the Surrey Archaeological Collections series, and contains various articles, lists and Reports, illustrated in black & white with drawings, photographs, building plans & diagrams on plates, fold-out pages & among text. Contents: Reports of Proceedings at Castle Arch, Guildford. Reports of Proceedings at the Twenty-First Congress of Archaeological Societies at Burlington House, July 1910. Reports of Proceedings at Oxted, Limpsfield, Tatsfield and Titsey Place, July 1910. List of Members. Rules. Library By-Laws. Form of Application for Admission of Members. 1: 'Further Inventory of the Goods and Ornaments of the Churches in the County of Surrey in the Reign of King Edward VI, Part IV' Communicated by R. A. Roberts, Secretary of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. 2: 'The British Stronghold of St. George's Hill, Weybridge' by Eric Gardner, M.B.Cantab. 3: 'Surrey Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1610' Communicated by Miss Ethel Stokes. 4: 'Remarks upon some Carved Heads on a Doorway in Wooton Church, Surrey(in Connection with the Great Interdict of 1208, and the Form of the Papal Tiara)' by P. M. Johnston, F.S.A. 5: 'The Old Manor House of Croydon, Commonly Known as the Archbishop's Palace' by Banister Fletcher & J. M. Hobson. 6: 'Wandsworth Churchwardens' Accounts from 1631 to 1639' Communicated by Cecil T. Davis, Librarian of the Wandsworth Public Libraries. 7: 'Eolithic Man in West Surrey' by Frank Lasham. 8: 'The Tower of St. Mary's Church, Blechingley' by Charlers R. Baker King. 9: Notes. 10: Notices of Recent Books. 11: Index. IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 338-C. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-9237174621
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