The Falls of Niagara: Depicted by Pen and Camera
by [NIAGARA FALLS]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co., 1893. [32] leaves. With a tipped-in folding colour âBird's-Eye View of Niagara Falls and of Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontarioâ, printed on tissue. Original publisherâs two-tone cloth, bevelled edges, lettered and decorated in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. A late nineteenth century souvenir album comprised of illustrated and photographic depictions of Niagara Falls and environs; with descriptive passages extracted from the work of such authors as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens. . Oblong quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27900
- Title
- The Falls of Niagara: Depicted by Pen and Camera
- Author
- [NIAGARA FALLS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knight, Leonard & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- Oblong quarto
- Keywords
- Travel
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Edges
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...