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Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c
by HALL, (Mr. & Mrs.) S.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London. Hall, Virtue and Company. n.d. (c.1845). Hardcover. 24.5cm, new edition, in three volumes, vi,436; viii,468 & viii,512pp. with three engraved title pages and 609 wood and steel engraved plates and illustrations, (including 97 steel engraved plates and 19 engraved maps, 18 being coloured), bound in contemporary half green morocco, wide gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorations in the panels, and on the upper boards, green cloth boards, new endpapers, all edges gilt, a tremendous set, in fine condition. (ll) The wood engraved text illustrations are chiefly by Fairholt, Harvey, Nicholl and Sargent. Illustrators include W.H. Bartlett, T. Creswick, J.H. Burgess, T.C. Croker, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37738
- Title
- Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c
- Author
- HALL, (Mr. & Mrs.) S.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London. Hall, Virtue and Company. n.d. (c.1845)
- Keywords
- IRELAND IRISH SCENE PLATE ENGRAVING VIEW FINE BINDING
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
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