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Whiteside, Joseph.
Shappe [Shap] in Bygone Days.
Publisher: Titus Wilson, Kendal;
Date of Publication: 1904
Stock Code: 11058
INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xvi, 395, [1]. Frontispiece portrait of the Author, and 19 of the 20 numbered plates. Publishers’ green cloth with bevelled boards, and gilt titles to spine and upper board. Boards scuffed with light wear to spine tips and corners; a slightly shaken copy. Lacking plan of Shap Abbey. Gift inscription from the author in ink to front paste-down, dated the year after publication. A very good copy. Scarce title on the history of Shap in Cumbria, dedicated to the Lord of the Manor, Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale. £150.00