Edited Edward Hailstone (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Richard Jackson, Leeds 1885
- Hardcover
Seller: Idle Booksellers PBFA, Bradford, , United KingdomIdle Booksellers PBFA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 625.00
£ 34.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original cream parchment covers with title (stating forty-one engravings) in gilt to cover and spine. Limited Edition, No.3 of100 copies with proofs printed on Japan paper. A further 500 copies in the total limitation of 600 copies were printed on Plate paper. The 100 copies have an extra illustr…ation bound in before the title page. There are two title pages, one in English and one in French. as are the Descriptions of the plates. The plates are all in colour. Original cream parchment covers with title (stating forty-one engravings) in gilt to cover and spine. Top edge gilt. The boards and spine a little rubbed as are the edges of the thick boards. Foxing to the endpapers, with some light foxing to text throughout but all plates clean and protected with guard, other than the additional plate bound in before the title-pages which does not have a guard but the facing page is blank so on text to affect it. Elephant folio. Size 45 x 34 cms, Wt. 3.76 kgs. No extra postage within the UK. George Walker (illustrator).
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Published by Richard Jackson, Leeds, UK 1885
- Hardcover
Seller: Begging Bowl Books, Lincoln, United KingdomBegging Bowl Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 595.00
£ 23.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. No.38/100 copies with proofs printed on Japan paper. A further 500 copies in the total limitation of 600 copies were printed on Plate paper. The 100 copies have an extra illustration bound in before the title page. The first edition was published in 1814. There are two title page…s, one in English and one in French. Descriptions of the plates are also printed in the two languages. The plates are all in colour. Of note is what is thought to be the first illustration of a steam train. The settings of the plates are of interest as much as the costume itself. Original cream parchment covers with title (stating forty-one engravings) in gilt to cover and spine. The book has been professionally rebound with new endpapers and cloth strips to the gutters. The edges are rubbed with soiling to the covers. A short tear to the foot of the spine has been repaired. There is a very small tear at the head. Internally there is foxing to the free blank endpaper The title pages and early pages are foxed and the last few pages similarly. In between, there is lighter foxing to the margins, mainly towards the fore-edge. Tanning to the text of some pages facing the plates. The plates are NOT affected. Elephant folio. Size 45 x 34 cms, Wt. 3.76 kgs. No extra postage within the UK. Please enquire for overseas due to weight and size. George Walker (illustrator).
