Besleys Views Cornwall (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Unknown. Landscape format, sized c. 8.5" x 5.5". No date shown, but likely a little later than the First Edition, possiblty 1860/70. The book has been expanded to 30 plates here, so likely a later edition? . In the Original yellow/orange decorative blind-stamped cloth boards, with bright gilt titling to the front board only. Sound, Tight boards/outer hinges. The front inner hinge looks as if it has been reglued at some point, rear hinge sound. Yellow endpapers. Comprising 30 fine, b/w steel engraved, large, oval plates. The Tissue guard to each plate have all, bar one, been removed. The one remaining guard is quite darkened, and it was probably sensible to remove them, as often the guards didn't do what they were supposed to do and protect the engravings. The guards often browned/foxed and affected the plates! In this copy most of the plates are very clean and unfoxed. A few plates, mainly just the first few plates, have a few light foxing spots, but only to the blank surrounding edges, not affecting the engravings. The worst affected is the first plate of St Michael's Mount, and that's pretty good. Otherwise this is a VG plus to Near Fine set of 30 superb, large vignette type, steel engravings of Cornwall. No plates are dated, that I have seen. No inscriptions, or other marks. All Edges Gilt. Engravings include Penzance; Botallack Mine; St Ives; A Tin Mine; Redruth; The Logan Rock; Helston; Mullion; The Lizard; Falmouth; Truro; St Austell; Lostwithiel; Launceston; The Royal Albert Bridge, etc, etc. See Images; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" long.

Steel engraving of views of Cornwall (170mm x 100 mm, landscape format). Actually only 17, but this appears to be as published as none seem to be missing. Undated and with no edition stated, but owner's name on front pastedown is dated April 1882. Used - Very Good. VG small hardback in green faux-leather with gilt Used - Very Good. VG small hardback in green faux-leather with gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Landscape large postbvo, 24 engraved plates with tissue guards. Original royal blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering, cream endpapers. Hinges professionally strengthened, tissue guards tanned and foxed, vertical 12 x 95mm area of damage to the upper cover, 'Caroline L. Whitefield Castle Hoeneck October 1st 1857' on the front free endpaper otherwise a VG set of 24 superb engravings of Cornwall. The engraved plates are generally very clean with a few showing light foxing from the guards. Very scarce, no copy on COPAC, WorldCat locates only two copies, both in the US, and with only 12 plates, these copies have 'Pubd. April 3rd 1858' on the fourth plate whereas this copy has 'Pubd. April 14 1853' on the sixth Lamorna plate. Probably a first edition. Light book. Postage will be reduced on processing the order.