George Morland. His Life and Works. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
by GILBEY Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A&C Black,, 1907. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and 49 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tussue guards present), free endpapers browned, top third of front free endpaper clipped, some very light and occasional spotting; pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered, in gilt, green and black, git top, uncut, upper hinge cracked on surface (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp of publisher's advertisements at end. Inman 56, recording that 3000 copies were printed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30194
- Title
- George Morland. His Life and Works. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
- Author
- GILBEY Sir Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A&C Black,
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- illustrated books, a&c black, george morland, walter gilbey
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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