Tom Thumb; A Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding, By Kane O'Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Rodd, 1830. First Edition Thus. First Issue. Wraps. Custom clamshell case, quarter morocco, with cloth exterior elsewhere, marbled paper pastedown interior, and substantial walls creating well for the booklet.. Good. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. 34, [2], 4 pp. Five steel engraved plates of Cruikshank illustrations, and three vignettes, one being on wrap cover. With two tipped in sheets, slightly smaller in size, of publisher's additional advertisements, and printing on both sides of these sheets. First issue -- with misnumbered pages 28/29, showing as 21/22.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007676
- Title
- Tom Thumb; A Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding, By Kane O'Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Wraps. Custom clamshell case, quarter morocco, with cloth exterior elsewhere, marbled paper pastedown interior, and substantial
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Issue
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Thomas Rodd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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