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Home Thoughts and Home Scenes in Original Poems... and pictures by A.B. Houghton, engraved by the Brother's Dalziel
by INGELOW, Jean et. al
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1865. First Edition. The finest feature of this work is the 35 engravings after works by Houghton. Contemporary Morocco with gilt designs and titles. A little rubbed, but still attractive. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. A variety of poems, author's include Jean Ingelow, Dora Greenwell, Mrs Tom Tailor, The Hon Mrs Norton, Amelia B. Edwards, Jennett Humphreys and the author of "John Halifax Gentleman". Internally in a sound state, but with moderate foxing to most of the pages. Unpaginated but 70 leaves printed to recto only. 26cm x 21cm Première édition. Les 35 gravures d'après des œuvres de Houghton constituent l'aspect le plus remarquable de cet ouvrage. Maroc contemporain avec des motifs et des titres dorés. Un peu frotté, mais toujours attrayant. Toutes les tranches sont dorées. Papiers de fin marbrés. Une variété de poèmes, dont les auteurs comprennent Jean Ingelow, Dora Greenwell, Mrs Tom Tailor, The Hon Mrs Norton, Amelia B. Edwards, Jennett Humphreys et l'auteur de "John Halifax Gentleman". L'intérieur est en bon état, mais avec des rousseurs modérées sur la plupart des pages. Non paginé mais 70 feuilles imprimées au recto seulement. 26cm x 21cm
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2927
- Title
- Home Thoughts and Home Scenes in Original Poems... and pictures by A.B. Houghton, engraved by the Brother's Dalziel
- Author
- INGELOW, Jean et. al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's, poetry, engraving, wood-cut, steel illustrations,
Terms of Sale
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may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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