Search Results: a history of gravesend and its by alex j philip

Stanley Paul and Co, 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. 151 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Blue quarter bound cloth and leather boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Wraysbury: Published by the author at Laird's Rest, 1954 . Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A very smart, illustrated work on the local history of Gravesend, written by local expert Alex J. Philip. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the University of Oxford Library. A comprehensive local history of Gravesend, a small town in northwest Kent. Including chapters on the Roman occupation, the Royal Navy and Army, roads and transportation, religious history, and more.Written and published by Alex J. Philip.Including twenty-four illustrated plates, numerous in-text illustrations, and facsimile reproductions of The Gravesend Charters. Collated and complete. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine, and a little fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine

Wraysbury, Published by the Author,, 1954.. 1954 x,214 p. Illustrations. 25cm. List of Subscribers. Publisher's green cloth gilt. No dustwrapper. A few marks to the cloth but a very good copy.

Wraysbury: Published by the Author, c1954. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 10" by 8". Not Stated. A very smart, illustrated work on the local history of Gravesend, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating local history of Gravesend, a small town in northwest Kent. Including chapters on the Roman occupation, the Royal Navy and Army, roads and transportation, religious history, and more. Written and published by Alex J. Philip. Including twenty-four illustrated plates, numerous in-text illustrations, and facsimile reproductions of The Gravesend Charters. Collated and complete.Enclosed in the scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely and bright, with just a touch of shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound, with some light edgewear and darkening to the spine and extremities. Light spotting to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Light age-toning to the extremities, otherwise pages are clean… Read More