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Whom to Marry and How to Get Married! Or the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Husband [ Plates in 2 States ]
by Mayhew Henry & Horace
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: David Bogue , 1850. Plates in 2 states, hand coloured, uncoloured. Original cloth top cover and spine, bound in at end. Collation, 271pp, half title, 22 plates, of which 11 are hand coloured. Book measures 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Bound in full blue/green marocco, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling, gilt rulled lines, inner dentelles, top gilt edge, coloured endpapers. Probably bound in the 1880s. Leather lightly rubbed, very minor abrasion marks. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, heavy spotting/browning to endpapers. Pages and plates in good clean condition. . First Edition. Period Morocco. Very Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 097767
- Title
- Whom to Marry and How to Get Married! Or the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Husband [ Plates in 2 States ]
- Author
- Mayhew Henry & Horace
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Bogue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- George Cruikshank
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Leather Bindings; First Editions; Antiquarian; Fiction;
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George Jeffery Books
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- 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...
- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
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