Poetical Works Of Thomas Campbell [fore-edge Painting Of Comanche Attack 1849]
by Thomas Campbell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1837. Hardcover. Color fore-edge; Beautiful volume bound in black morocco leather with elegant gilt and red colored embellishments. Painting appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in 1837. Engraved title. Closed fore-edge is gilt and spread fore-edge is a painting. Contents and binding clean and firm with minor beding to a few cornes. Painting is intact and is an Emigrant train attacked by Commanches 1849. Provenance-A one owner life time collection 5 5/8" x 3 5/8. Most unusual as almost all fore-edge examples found are associated with the British Isles. Linen hinges. A quality painting, .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Poetical Works Of Thomas Campbell [fore-edge Painting Of Comanche Attack 1849]
- Author
- Thomas Campbell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Oliver and Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1837
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.