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Doctor Syntax's Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, Consolation, and a Wife
by Combe, William; with Eighty Full Oage Illustrations Drawn and Coloured After the Originals by T. Rowlandson
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten (iii)-xlviii, (1), 354, 19 (publisher's catalogue, pp. No Date, circa 1869, date of publisher's catalogue at end. List of the Plates lists 79 colored plates while title page states there are 80. The original ed., complete and unabridged, with the life and adventures of the author, now first written, by John Camden Hotten. Very Good, bound in contemporary half polished calf over, red morocco label with gilt back, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, rubs to calf at spine and edges, prior owner name in ink and stamp at title page. interior clean and bright.. Later Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010168
- Title
- Doctor Syntax's Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, Consolation, and a Wife
- Author
- Combe, William; with Eighty Full Oage Illustrations Drawn and Coloured After the Originals by T. Rowlandson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Nineteenth Century;
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Calf
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- Spine
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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...
- 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...
- Morocco
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- Jacket
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