Thomas Allom Illustrators (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co., The Caxton Press., [1850], First Edition. Vol I ONLY of a two volume set. Half leather binding with buckram cloth boards, gilt titles to the spine, gilt page edges, rubbed and worn, with illustrated and letterpress title pages. Vol I 152pp with 73 plates including the title page and frontispiece. Provenance: signature for Francis Leteux to the front. Approximately 11 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition structurally sound, worn marked and scratched leather, gilt titles. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped rubbed and worn. Boards good condition buckram cloth and leather boards, rubbed marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all other edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition yellow, tanned and marked. End papers good condition yellow, tanned and marked. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition damp stained, tanned and gently foxed throughout. Binding good condition sound. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: [1850] Binding: Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. [2], 128 pp., / 108 pp., 118 engraved plates including 2 maps and title engravings, tables, contemporary half calf, rubbed, title gilt on raised and decorated spine, marbled endpaper & edges, damp staining to inner margins of first and last 20 pages, some browning, London Printing and Publishing Company, London and New York, [1861-1863]. Although there is no date of publication, but it is sure that it was printed after 1860 massacres in Syria. The dissertation of W. Cooke Stafford describes the massacres of the Syrian Christians. #17221.