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Tales of Irish Life, Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the People; With Designs By George Cruikshank
de [Whitty, Michael James]
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: J. Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 vol. Small 8vo. [11], ii-iv, [1], 2-242, [4] (2 pages of publisher's advertisements) pp.; [7], 2-249, [5] (2 pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Later nineteenth century green calf, boards with borders in blind and in gilt, spines in six compartments, red morocco labels with lettering in gilt on each spine, spines densely gilt; gilt turn-ins with marbled pastedowns and endpapers; all edges gilt. Frontispiece and two additional plates in volume one; three plates in volume two, all are woodcuts from drawings by Cruikshank; plate called for following page 208 in volume one used as the frontispiece by the binder. Cohn 841; Marchmont 495. A striking example of this set. Minor abrasions to front endpaper and pastedown (presumably from bookplate removal) of volume one and another to the front pastedown of volume two, some occasional light foxing, otherwise quite beautiful.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000010545
- Título
- Tales of Irish Life, Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the People; With Designs By George Cruikshank
- Autor
- [Whitty, Michael James]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- J. Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1824
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Sobre el vendedor
Evening Star Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
Sobre Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
