Author: Ainsworth, William Harrison
viii, [4], 372 pp. + plus the original covers for the 12 issue numbers (first four with yellow paper, rest on blue) and 28 leaves of ads, all bound in at rear. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne, including frontispiece and added pictorial title. 8¾x5½, bound in full tan-orange morocco, ruled in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, dark blue-green endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. First Edition, in book form, but with original cover parts bound in.
Sadleir 21a; Wolff 60a. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir David Salomons Bart.
Heading: (Browne, Hablot K.)
Place Published: London
Publisher Name: George Routledge
Date Published: 1858
viii, [4], 372 pp. + plus the original covers for the 12 issue numbers (first four with yellow paper, rest on blue) and 28 leaves of ads, all bound in at rear. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne, including frontispiece and added pictorial title. 8¾x5½, bound in full tan-orange morocco, ruled in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, dark blue-green endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. First Edition, in book form, but with original cover parts bound in.
Sadleir 21a; Wolff 60a. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir David Salomons Bart.
Heading: (Browne, Hablot K.)
Place Published: London
Publisher Name: George Routledge
Date Published: 1858
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Condition report
Scattered nicks to exterior, one corner bumped; evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper, two old printed descriptions mounted on preliminary leaves; else very good or better.
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Children's Books, with Oziana and Dick & Jane
1:00 PM PT - Nov 9th, 2006
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