[Rarebooks] FS: Finden's "Ports, Harbours... and Coast Scenery of Great Britain" w/124 plates

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(TRAVEL) Finden, W. and E. and William Henry Bartlett. THE PORTS, HARBOURS, 
WATERING-PLACES, AND COAST SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Illustrated by Views Taken 
on the Spot, with Descriptions by William Beattie. London: George Virtue. 
1842. Sm. folio. 2 vols. (4),4,190;(4),156pp. Plus 124 engraved plates (including 
frontispieces and added engraved titles), each with a tissue guard, and 1 
text woodcut. Cont. full polished purple calf (spines faded to brown), spines & 
covers elaborately gilt tooled, green morocco spine labels. Top blank margins 
of titles clipped (to remove a previous owner’s name?). A very pretty set in a 
deluxe binding.     $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)

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