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Tom Moody's Tales
by Mark Lemon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Bradbury & Evans, London, 1864. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Phiz. MARK LEMON. Tom Moody's Tales, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1864. 12mo, second edition, pp. [ii], 173, 2 (ads), red cloth boards with a gilt horse-and-buggy scene inside a floral gilt frame, all edges gilt, 13 hand-colored illustrations by Hablot Browne ("Phiz"). Not in Tooley, as this book is generally not found with color plates. Lemon is identified as the editor, but he was actually the author. The tales involve equestrian activity, including a bullfight with a toreador on a horse. Phiz is probably best known for his work with Dickens. Condition of this book: Poor. Backstrip perished, front cover loose, binding split. Occasional minor staining and foxing inside. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front board is detached. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Phiz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; England; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54761. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54761
- Title
- Tom Moody's Tales
- Author
- Mark Lemon
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Sports & Pastimes; England; 19th century; Art & Design. Phiz Mark Lemon Tom Moody's Tales
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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