The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson Being The History of What They Saw, And Did In Belgium, Germany, etc.
by Doyle, Richard (Dickie)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Late 19th century three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Late 19th century three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Very good. 80 pages. 29.5 x 24 cm. 80 wood-engraved illustrations printed recto only. Gordon Ray [THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914] calls this "Doyle's most personal book with respect to life in the world.....The artist Brown, in whom there is a good deal of Doyle himself, records in scores of little scenes the vicissitudes and humors encountered by his companions and himself during a summer's excursion to Germany and northern Italy." Title page lightly toned, interior generally clean, firm copy.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10491
- Title
- The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson Being The History of What They Saw, And Did In Belgium, Germany, etc.
- Author
- Doyle, Richard (Dickie)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Late 19th century three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Victorian; Travel;
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ardsley, New York
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.