Gilbert Abbott a Becket (2 results)
Published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1852
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lackland Books, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.Lackland Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 132.15
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo. Pp. xii, 308 +[10]ff. plates. First edition, first Issue, without "& Co." in Bradbury & Evans imprint. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings, and with 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates. A witty burlesque on Roman history, a staple of education for the Vic…torian schoolboy. A very good to near fine copy in pebbled green cloth, with pictorial gilt vignettes to spine and front cover. A.e.g. Light wear to extremities, and rubbing to covers. Internally immaculate. John Leech (illustrator).
Published by GEORGE BELL & SONS, LONDON, 1878
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.BRIER ROSE BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: NEAR FINE-. NEW EDITION. SLIGHT WEAR TO SPINE, TEAR TO ONE PAGE, OTHERWISE NEAR FINE. 277 PAGES + 2 PAGES OF ADS. 12 STEEL PLATE ENGRAVINGS AND 116 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. ¾ RED LEATHER OVER DECORATED BOARDS. GOLD GILT LETTERING AND DELIGHTFUL DECORATION ON SPINE. TOP EDGE GOLD GILT. 5 RAISED BANDS. SLIP CASE MATCHES THE…DECORATIVE PAPER COVERING OF THE BOARDS AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Size: SMALL QUARTO. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (illustrator).