THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND with THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME
by A'Beckett, Gilbert A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
-
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1864. c. 1864. Bindings and contents quite fine, the hand-colored plates exceptionally bright. Three volumes bound as two. Large 8vo. xviii, 320p, 304p; xii, 308p. in original blue cloth box. Profusely illustrated by John Leech with many wood engravings and 30 hand-colored steel engravings. From the publishers of Punch. Uniformly bound in full blue polished calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with red and green title labels gilt and ornate panel ornaments, the upper covers with pictorial gilt vignettes and gilt edges. Original cloth cover and spine bound in rear of each volume. All tight and clean. A beautiful set.. . Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Leech, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012001
- Title
- THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND with THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME
- Author
- A'Beckett, Gilbert A
- Illustrator
- Leech, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Agnew & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- England, Rome, Punch, Illustrations
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Books may be returned within 7 days if not satisfied.
About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Biblio member since 2005
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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