[Rarebooks] FS: Fine reprint of Defoe's "A Tour Thro' London..." in period style binding

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Defoe, Daniel. A TOUR THRO' LONDON ABOUT THE YEAR 1725. Being Letter V and Parts of Letter VI of "A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain"... by Daniel Defoe. Reprinted from the Text of the Original Edition (1724-1726). Edited and Annotated by Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor. Illustrated with Maps, Specially Drawn to Delineate the London of Defoe's Time and... Prints Mostly Contemporary with the Period of His Life (1659-1731). London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1929. Folio (15" x 10-1/2"). xxii,116pp. Plus 60 engraved photogravure and collotype plates, each with a tissue guard. The plates include a frontispiece portrait of Defoe, and 3 folding maps, as well as endpaper maps. Edition limited to 350 copies in a fine binding of period gilt decorated paneled calf. T.e.g. Some light foxing and lower corner of front cover slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy.	$450.00 (trade discount allowed)


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