Old English Songs
by ( Hugh Thomson )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. Macmillan and Co. 1894. Sumptuously bound in ornate pictorial gilt decorated cloth depicting a glimmering gilt vignette of a man fishing from a flower enveloped riverbank . 12mo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with charming monochrome plates of English country life by Hugh Thomson. A charming collection of English pastoral verse and drawings encased in supremely fetching binding. A Very Fine copy. Scarce in this condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5251
- Title
- Old English Songs
- Author
- ( Hugh Thomson )
- Format/Binding
- Sumptuously bound in ornate pictorial gilt decorated cloth depicting a glimmering gilt vignette of a man fishing from a flower e
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1894.
- Size
- 12mo.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...