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Original Water Colour Drawings
by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN Henry. 18 Stunning water colours by Henry Alken In a superb green long grain morocco (by Riviere and Son), elaborate gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles & tooling, raised bands, edges brushed. Internally, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, green marbled endpapers, eighteen water colours, mostly signed and captioned, mounted on thick cards, not dated, a.e.g., binders stamp to verso fep. (266*377 mm). Images are: 1. No Caption, Gentleman seated with arms folding, picture of chicken on wall, 126*143 mm. 2. Hunting With Pleasure, signed, 285*197 mm. 3. Leaving it With Pain, signed, 285*198 mm. 4. A Smasher, signed, 286*196 mm. 5. Rather to Forword, signed, 286*198 mm. 6. Going to Cover, signed, 284*195 mm. 7. A Horse Caught, signed, 274*174 mm. 8. Comming in at the Death, signed, 285*198 mm. 9. No 1. L1 of Hunting Nuisances [sic] A Large Field, 251*176 mm. 10. No 3 Well laid on, signed, 251*175 mm. 11. Stag Hunting Misieries [sic] No 4, The First Stop, signed, 247*176 mm. 12. Not Invited, signed, 276*194 mm. 13. The Thief Detected, signed, 280*187 mm. 14. The Thief Caught, signed, 275*187 mm. 15. Sportsman Pets, signed, 271*173 mm. 16. Sportsmans Pets, signed, 279*171 mm. 17. No Caption, Two dogs standing over a dead rabbit, 279*186 mm. 18. No Caption, A Cock Fight, signed, 261*167 mm.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007657
- Title
- Original Water Colour Drawings
- Author
- ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
- Illustrator
- ALKEN Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 5.95 lbs
- Keywords
- art sport hunting Alken
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Artists Sketch books;
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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