Illustrations To Popular Songs
by Alken, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas McLean, 1823. Second edition. Hardcover. Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt. Alken, Henry. Unpaginated. 25 x 36 cm. Thirty two of 42 engraved color plates including the frontispiece all with hand coloring printed recto only with blanks between each plate. All color plates bright and sharp from publisher's "Repository of Wit & Humor, 20 Haymarket, 1822." Rubbing to spine head and foot with all interior images and text very bright and fresh.TOOLEY 37.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24055
- Title
- Illustrations To Popular Songs
- Author
- Alken, Henry
- Illustrator
- Alken, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Thomas McLean
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prints; Social Life; England;
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.