Lot 42 , ISLE OF WIGHT: Bullar, John - A Historical and Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight. 5th edition. frontis.; original printed boards (rebacked), uncut, Southampton, 1823; Brannon, George - The Pleasure - Visitor's Compa
° ISLE OF WIGHT: Bullar, John - A Historical and Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight. 5th edition. frontis.; original printed boards (rebacked), uncut, Southampton, 1823; Brannon, George - The Pleasure - Visitor's Companion to the Isle of Wight...7th edition, corrected...10 plates; original printed (upper) wrapper, 12mo. Wooton Common, 1839; Abin, John - A Companion to the Isle of Wight...8th edition, with considerable additions. original paper boards with printed labels, 12mo. (Portsea): printed for the Author...(1818); Albin, John - Vectiana or a Companion to the Isle of Wight...7th edition with considerable additions. engraved pictorial title; old cloth backed marbled boards, 12mo. printed for the Author, (1811) (4)
£60-80
Condition:
Bullar - covers with few stains, back inner hinge cracked, spine roughly rebacked, frontis. foxing and title offset. (3-7), 8-148pp. and advert. leaf, lacks half title; Brannon - distressed: upper wrapp. badly soiled as are plts., lwr. wrapp. present but detached, spine missing. VIII, (9)-125pp.; Albin 1 - reasonable copy, presumably the cheapest (half crown) issue without a map. (6), 116pp., Albin 2 - front inner hinge cracked, some title marks, else reasonable, old ownership on title, half crown issue (no map provided) II, (2), 110, (5)pp.
Sold for £340