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The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events
de Leigh Hunt
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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EUR 389.64EUR 350.68
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Sobre este artículo
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1848. First edition. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of Leigh Hunt's charming illustrated two volume topographical study of English towns, handsomely bound in half morocco by H. Sotheran & Co. Leigh Hunt's charming and humorous collection of sketches examining England in the nineteenth century, focusing primarily on London.A delightful part historical, part topographical, collection of memorable sketches of the characters, events and locations observed by Hunt 'between St. Paul's and St. James's'.The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.With an illustrated frontispiece to each volume, and numerous vignette engravings of town scenes from C. Thurston Thompson. Collated and complete. Handsomely bound in half morocco by H. Sotheran & Co., with the binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper in each volume. Handsomely bound in half morocco by H. Sotheran & Co., with the binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper in each volume. Externally, lovely, with just some light fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the endpapers, otherwise pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 838J29
- Título
- The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events
- Autor
- Leigh Hunt
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Fine Binding
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Smith, Elder, & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1848
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- the town characters topography leigh hunt characters british
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
