Picturesqu Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings with descriptions
by William Alexander
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Mc Lean A good copy of the 2nd edition - undated but circa 1830 - with 50 hand coloured engravings. It is in a late nineteenth century binding with half leather and marbled boards. There is some fraying and loss at the top of the spine and wear to the front spine joint, with some splitting at the top. The bottom spine end has some rubbing and there is wear to edges and corners. Internally there is a small ownership label to the front endpaper and a pencil note on the initial blank. This tells the sad tale of how the book was given to the owner in 1879 but in a horrible accident involving several books, it got left out in the weather. The newer binding is likely to be down to this incident. There is an insert detailing the gift which was from the then Chief Constable of Manchester. Contents: frontispiece; title; plate list; 49 further plates with accompanying text pages. There is some spotting to the bottom outer corners of initial and final pages - affecting the frontispiece and plates 49 and 50. Plate 7 has a paper flaw at the top. Contents clean with occasional light marking and the odd spot. Size: 24 cm x 17 cm. Please enquire if you would like to see further images.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032781
- Title
- Picturesqu Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings with descriptions
- Author
- William Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Mc Lean
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- costumes; nineteenth century clothing; english nineteenth century clothing; english nineteenth century customs
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Marbled boards
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....