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The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman (Limited & Numbered Edition - 2 Volumes)
by Thomas Cross
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. Ltd, London, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Rare deluxe limited, numbered edition on handmade paper, one of fifty copies, this being number two; bound in a red, textured, full morocco Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding with two sets of plates (coloured & b/w.); five gilt-ruled raised bands with gilt titles & gilt decorations to other panels; gilt decoration to front & rear covers; gilt double fillet to cover edges with gilt decorative border to inside of covers over deep red linen-textured end-papers; tissue-guarded, hand-coloured aquatint plates after paintings by James Pollard; Robert Havell; C. Cooper Henderson; C. B. Newhouse; Thomas Rowlandson; H. Alken and others. Limited & Numbered Edition. Size: Small Folio (over 12" -19" tall). xvi + 253 & xii + 250. 2-volume set (complete). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's armorial book-plate laid in( both vols.) Sir Harold A. Wernher of Luton Hoo. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. slightest hint of starting of the inner front hinges which appears as a thin white line; light wear to edges of spines at ends; some creasing to one of the tissue guards (Vol.1 page158).. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Coaching; Transport; Art; England; 19th century; History. Inventory No: 4128. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4128
- Title
- The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman (Limited & Numbered Edition - 2 Volumes)
- Author
- Thomas Cross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Autobiography/History/Coaching/Stage Coaching/Transport/Art/Horse-drawn Vehicles/Stage Coaches/Zaehnsdorf Bindings/Mail Coaches Biography & Autobiography; Coaching; Transport; Art; England; 19th century; History. Unbranded Thomas Cross The A
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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