Tom Thumb; A Burletta Altered from Henry Fielding By Kane O'Hara with Designs By George Cruikshank
by Fielding, Henry & Kane O'Hara and George Cruikshank
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Middlebury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Rodd, 1830. First Edition . Full Red Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First issue owith the mis-numbered pages (corrected fairly quickly by the binder), original beige covers bound in, vignette of Tom Thumb standing on a bull's head on front cover and repeated on title page, frontispiece plus four full-page illustrations and tailpiece by Cruikshank, bound in gilt-ruled red morocco with fleurons in corners, top edge gilt, joints rubbed and starting to split at top and bottom, spine rubbed and somewhat chipped, marbled endpapers, one page ad for Bombastes Furioso with designs by Cruikshank, no other ads present. Cohn 615.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Carroll Dooling
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001643
- Title
- Tom Thumb; A Burletta Altered from Henry Fielding By Kane O'Hara with Designs By George Cruikshank
- Author
- Fielding, Henry & Kane O'Hara and George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Full Red Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Rodd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall
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Michael Carroll Dooling
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About the Seller
Michael Carroll Dooling
Biblio member since 2004
Middlebury, Connecticut
About Michael Carroll Dooling
Michael Carroll Dooling, Rare Books & Manuscripts, LLC is located in Middlebury, Connecticut. Michael has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1976 and carries an eclectic array of books and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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