The Danube
by William Beattie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Almost Fine/No Dj As called for
- Seller
-
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Virtue, 1840. A lovely copy bound in Black leather spine with raised bands triple ruled with heavy gilt decorations to the compartments dark red labels with gilt titles boards with double ruling to buckrum boards edges marbled. 80 fabulous full page steel engraved plates by Bartlett plus dozens of vignettes in the pages. A very handsome book scarce in this condition.. First Edition. Quarter Leather Black. Almost Fine/No Dj As called for. Illus. by 80 Plates By William Bartlett. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004101
- Title
- The Danube
- Author
- William Beattie
- Illustrator
- 80 Plates By William Bartlett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Almost Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj As called for
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Virtue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- William Bartlett, Old Germany, Antique Danube, Danube Long Ago,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography; Illustrated Books; Fine Antiquarian Bindings & Finely Rebound; Guide Books & Pamphlets;
- Size
- Folio
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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