A Book for all Reasons
Kay, F. George, FRSA, ROYAL MAIL - The Story of the Posts in England from the time of Edward IVth to the Present Day , Rockcliff, London, 1951,1st edn., x, 198pp, frontis and 46pp line and half tone ills., maps in text, full colour illustrated endpapers, red cloth lettered in black at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a history of mail carrying in England, from the first Royal couriers at the time of Edward IV, the creation of a Master of the King's Post by Henry VIII, the subsequent expansion of mail carrying by private enterprises, the ear of the Mail Coach, the introduction of the Penny Post, and the great expansion with the coming of the railways, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed and a little bumped at tips, upper edge sl. dusty, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with very sl. loss at tips, several nicks at edges, spine sl. sunned, internally repaired, very good in a very good dustwrapper, (Book ref. 32123) £24.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, A Book for all Reasons , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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