BALLOON TRAVELS OF ROBERT MERRY and his young friends over various countries in Europe
by Peter Parley (S.G. Goodrich) editor illustrations Whitney & Jocelyn
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Plates on yellow paper (8 including pictorial extra titlepage) + one plate given twice, by Whitney & Jocelyn Sc.. Large octavo green cloth spined boards (edges bit rubbed) All Edges Marbled. Half title + frontisplate of the children stepping into the balloon + engraved pictorial titlepage of the balloon flying past a volcano +308pp (includes dated printed titlepage). Brown spots to five leaves near front and a few slight offsetting from plates to text opposite. Three small corner creases but generally a nice tight clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J47335
- Title
- BALLOON TRAVELS OF ROBERT MERRY and his young friends over various countries in Europe
- Author
- Peter Parley (S.G. Goodrich) editor illustrations Whitney & Jocelyn
- Illustrator
- Plates on yellow paper (8 including pictorial extra titlepage) + one plate given twice, by Whitney & Jocelyn Sc.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Derby & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- balloon travel Europe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books and Pop-Ups;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
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