The Tower of London.: A Pictorial Romance
by AINSWORTH, William Harrison
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition in book form. George Cruikshank. 8vo. Forty etchings in steel and 58 woodcuts by George Cruikshank. xvi, 439, [1] pp. Full green crushed morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son; a few small scuffs to spine and rear cover, a few plates foxed First edition in book form, following the monthly serialization, of Ainsworth's historical romance about the imprisonment, trial and execution of Lady Jane Grey. With the plates at pp. 16, 28 and 45 in second state.REFERENCE: Cohn 14
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100979
- Title
- The Tower of London.
- Author
- AINSWORTH, William Harrison
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in book form
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
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Glossary
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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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...