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No Binding. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. This is a very nice highly decorative, ornate business trade card with ornate embossed borders and "scalloped" edges which are classic hallmarks of high-quality late Victorian (c. 1880-1900) The Dutton business based on St. John Street, which was a central hub in Chester. Livery stables were the Victorian equivalent of a car rental agency and taxi service combined; they kept horses and carriages for hire, provided "buses" for larger groups (pleasure parties), and offered boarding for horses owned by visitors. The card notes a branch office "Opposite the Grosvenor Hotel." which was a prime location, as the hotel was (and is) one of Chester's most prestigious landmarks, ensuring they captured business from wealthy travellers arriving by train or staying in the city. The card measures 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches approx., minor corner crease else in good condition. This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.…

Zustand: Fine. Uniform matching in publisher's original duck egg blue card wrap covers [softback] navy blue linen spine and corners. Landscape 9½'' x 12''. Contains 656 pages over the five volumes with continuous pagination showing 321 full-page single-sided monochrome photographs. Descriptive text giving information required for the comprehension and enjoyment of the photograph appears beneath each plate. It is a special feature of this work that each photograph appears on a right-hand page, and that no matter is printed at the back. This has enabled the publisher's to produce the work in such a manner as to secure the highest excellence of art reproduction, an incidental advantage of the plan thus adopted is that no twisting or turning of the book is required in order to examine the pictures. This series was obtainable only by subscription and not obtainable through ordinary Booksellers. Volume 1 still has the Subscription note by the publisher's tipped-in. Light soiling and rubbing to the cover edges, the contents of all five volumes being in Fine condition. Heavy set. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLAND EXPLORATION.…