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Irish Melodies
by Moore, Thomas
- Used
- Condition
- Bound in contemporary pebbled green morocco with gilt strapwork design, a.e.g., sporadic light foxing, early 20th-century gift i
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans & Co, 1846. Proof copy. Engraved title, decorative borders and vignette illustrations throughout by Daniel Maclise, proof copy with letters, printed on one side only, omitting the typeset title and preface, printed entirely on INDIA PAPER. [ii], 218, [1] ff. 4to. Bound in contemporary pebbled green morocco with gilt strapwork design, a.e.g., sporadic light foxing, early 20th-century gift inscription on ffep, near fine. Maclise, Daniel. Proof copy. Engraved title, decorative borders and vignette illustrations throughout by Daniel Maclise, proof copy with letters, printed on one side only, omitting the typeset title and preface, printed entirely on INDIA PAPER. [ii], 218, [1] ff. 4to. Proofs on India Paper. A rare proof copy of the engraved illustrations, borders and text, printed entirely on India paper. Ray, England, 29 ("a landmark ... in the history of style")
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 257682
- Title
- Irish Melodies
- Author
- Moore, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Engraved title, decorative borders and vignette illustrations throughout by Daniel Maclise, proof copy with letters, printed on
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in contemporary pebbled green morocco with gilt strapwork design, a.e.g., sporadic light foxing, early 20th-century gift i
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Proof copy
- Publisher
- Longmans & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- Bindings | Thomas Moore
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sets & Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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