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Methuen, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; A Poem in Four Cantos by Burton, Alfred - 1818
by Burton, Alfred
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; A Poem in Four Cantos
by Burton, Alfred
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London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1818. [4], 259pp, [1], plates. Later full morocco by Riviere, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, illustrator to third, remaining panels gilt with flower head corner pieces and a central floral spray surrounded by small roundels and stars, covers with double fillet border, double fillet to edges, inner edges gilt, t.e.g. Slightly rubbed to extremities, but externally very good. Internally some very light browning, some off setting from plates, but nothing too obtrusive. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. With sixteen hand coloured aquatints by Rowlandson after the author's designs. Tooley notes that it isn't "to be confused with another work published the following year with exactly the same title, but illustrated with twenty plates by Williams". Tooley 406; Prideaux page 329 and Abbey Life 330. First Edition. Full Morocco. Good+. Illus. by Rowlandson, Thomas. 8vo.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1818
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy
by Alfred Burton
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THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME IN THE NAVY - A POEM IN FOUR CANTOS
by ALFRED BURTON
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LONDON: METHUEN, 1904 Dark Burgundy Cloth boards with laid on printed title slip, 175 x 115 mm approx. [iv] + 246 pp. Frontis + 15 othe colour plates by Rowlandson all as called for New Edition 1904 in Methuen's Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. Based on the original edition published by Simpkin and Marshall 1818. Good (Book - Moderate general shelf wear and soiling to cloth and title slip, end paper tanned, no previous owner name or insc. occasional mild to moderate marginal finger soiling, binding sound with no other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition).
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Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy: A Poem, In Four Cantos
by Burton, Alfred
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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London: Methuen, 1904. Cloth. Good. Thomas Rowlandson. Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. 12mo, top edge gilt, 246 pp., color plates. Edgewear and superficial insect damage to boards, spine label chipped, foxing to page edges, endpapers, and page margins throughout, book plate on front pastedown.
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The adventures of Johnny Newcome in the navy: a poem in four cantos
by Burton, Alfred
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Methuen. Good with no dust jacket. 1904. New edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with paper title label on spine, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, bookplate on front pastedown, no inscriptions. 246 pages, 16 colour illustrations by Rowlandson on plates, notes .
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy
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London, United Kingdom
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London: Methuen, 1904 " A poem, in four cantos " , first published in 1818, pp [4] + 246 + [4] with 16 coloured plates, as called for. Internally very good subject to some tanning to the endpapers and foxing elsewhere, owners plate on inside front cover, some leaves roughly cut, Binding firm. Cover sound with moderate wear.
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy
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New York, New York, United States
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London: Methuen, 1904. hardcover. very good(+). 16 color plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 12mo, red cloth with paper label on spine. London: Methuen, 1904. Vry good (+).<br/><br/> Not to be confused with another work by Mitford, originally published in 1819 with exactly the same title, and illustrated with 20 plates by Charles Williams.<br/><br/>
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THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME in the Navy; A Poem
by Burton, Alfred
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London: Simpkin & Marshall,, 1818. 259pp [errata],16 hand-coloured tissue-guarded aquatints including frontis. by Thomas Rowlandson. Notes and errata page at end. Evidence of damp staining to margins not affecting most of the finely hand-coloured plates. Original full calf binding rubbed and worn. Gilt morocco label. A good breaker. Photos available. 1st Edition. Hardback. V.g.. Illus. by Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy;: A poem in four cantos: with plates by Rowlandson, from the author's designs
by Alfred Burton
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also included a section for Notes and Errata. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 259 pp., [1]. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
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