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Flying Visits
by Harry Furniss
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipzig: Heinemann and Balestier, 1893 . Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Harry Furniss. An early edition of this charmingly illustrated work presenting the author's travels around the United Kingdom in the late 19th Century. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards.Copyright edition. First published in 1892. Written and illustrated by British illustrator and writer, Harry Furniss, who was best known for his contributions to 'Punch' magazine and for illustrating 'Sylvie and Bruno' by Lewis Carroll.'Flying Visits' presents the author's thoughts during his extensive travels around the United Kingdom for his 'The Humours of Parliament' tour. Furniss travelled seven thousand miles in sixteen weeks, jotting down his impressions of different areas as he passed them. Furniss also included extracts from letters to a friend, sent during his travels. Illustrated with one-hundred-and-thirty-three monochrome vignettes by the author. In half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to boards. A touch of fading to the spine and a little chipping to the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892Q40
- Title
- Flying Visits
- Author
- Harry Furniss
- Illustrator
- Harry Furniss
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann and Balestier
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 6" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Harry Furniss Flying visit travel humour Flying visit leather binding
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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....
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