Title An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume I, Ebvracvm [Eburacum]
Binding Buckram
Book Condition Very Good Plus
Jacket Condition Very Good Minus
Edition First British Edition
Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Publisher London, England Royal Commission on Historical Monuments 1962
Seller ID 007598
First edition. Printed and bound in England. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Olive drab buckram boards, and with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the front board and to the spine. Generally unbumped spine head and tail, and with fairly sharp corners. A bit of shelf rubbing at the very top and bottom edges. Textblock firmly bound in. T.E.G. With xlii and 168 numbered pages. Color frontispiece tipped in. With numerous full-page plates, mostly archival photos, in monochrome. All plates on glossy stock. Also with numerous B&W figures and drawings. Slipped in to the rear pocket is a pristine fold-out map showing the position of monuments and burials in Roman York. An immensely clean book, inside and out. Full-pictorial dust jacket is present. Not price-clipped. Chipping to the spine head and a cleanly repaired tear at the spine tail. A Very Good Plus copy in a Very Good Minus dust jacket.
