Andersen J a Feldborg Andreas Andersen (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Mathews & Leigh, Strand, London, 1809
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
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Leather. Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of Andreas Andersen Feldborg's very scarce account of his time in Britain, with both volumes bound together in quarter calf. The first edition.A very scarce work.A complete set with two volumes bound into one.Andreas Andersen Feldborg's account of his time in Britain. Fe…ldborg, A Danish author, describes his travels through Britain, providing accounts of the Yorkshire Coast, Yarmouth, London, Newcastle, Edinburgh and other notable locations.Bound in contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards. Bound in contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, front joint cracked and starting, with rubbing to the joints and boards, light bumping to the extremities of the boards, and cracking to the spine. Bookplates of 'Capt W. Hext' and 'Denis Gray' to the front endpapers, with hinges cracked but firm. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages and light spotting. Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Mathews & Leigh, London, 1809
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 214.74
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Printed for Mathews & Leigh, Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court. 2 volumes (viii, 224, [4] p.; [4], 155, [13] p.); 18 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title: A Dane's Excursion. Boards… edges have gilt-rolled decoration. Four pages of publisher's advertisements for Mathews and Leigh follow text in vol. 1. Twelve-page index follows text in vol. 2. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper of vol. 2 of Stoneleigh Abbey, the seat of the Rt. Honble. Lord Leigh. Former owner's name on front free endpaper and back fixed endpaper of vol. 2: H.E. Cockshott. J.A. Andersen is a pseudonym used by Andreas Andersen Feldborg (1782-1838). First edition of the Danish writer's account of his first experiences in England and Scotland, including an account of an interview with Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Very scarce. Lacking vol. 1 title page; otherwise in Very Good Condition: modern archival spine and joint repair; lacking upper part of vol. 1 half title without loss of printing; a few page corners creased; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight.
