The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass
by Mackenzie, Kenneth R. H. ; Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Trubner & Co.. Very Good+. 1860. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Chromolithographs and woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; 1860 Trubner & Co. London. HC 1st edition in this form, collected and translated by Mackenzie with woodcuts and chromolithographs from art by Alfred Henry Forrester. Snugly bound in original pebbled red cloth with beveled edges, decorative borders and pictorial vignetter brightly in gilt. Spine extra gilt; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontis and 6 tissue guarded chromolithographs plates and with many woodcuts in text. Mild shelf tapping at corners; light crimping and rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Contents bright and neat. Westleys & Co binder's tag to rear pastedown. A well preserved and attractive copy. VG+ .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51182
- Title
- The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass
- Author
- Mackenzie, Kenneth R. H. ; Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fairy and Folk Tales;
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DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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