DOWN THE ROAD OR REMINISCENCES OF A GENTLEMAN COACHMAN 1875 REYNARDSON 1ST ED.
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[REYNARDSON, C.T.S. Birch]. Down the Road or the Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman. Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1875.
First edition. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (235 x 160 x 30 mm.). Pp. xxi, [3], 224 + 12 plates. Bound in publisher's original red cloth, front cover and spine gilt decorated, bevelled board edges, page edges unevenly cut, coated endpapers. Illustrated with 12 chromolithograph plates by Hanhart after designs by Henry Alken, each with tissue guard. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure with the hinges intact. Slight rubbing and bumping to spine ends and points. Light marking to covers. Interior very well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce.
Notes: A handsome first edition copy of Charles Thomas Samuel Birch-Reynardson's 'Down The Road'. The work deals with the history and practice of coaching, and contains twelve very attractive colour plates.