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A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. The designs engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans
by DOYLE. JAMES. E
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. London. 1864 (but 1863). FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11 x 8.7 inches). Title printed in red and black, 81 fine illustrations in the text printed in full colour. Contemporary deluxe binding by Riviere of bright red straight-grained morocco. Both boards with ruled line and decorative floral borders, inner corner decorations, all in gilt. Spine with double raised bands decorated with gilt double wavy lines. Dark green morocco onlays in between the bands with gilt floral rolls. Compartments ruled, letered and decorated in gilt. Decorative gilt roll to the board edges. Floral gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. --- Neat gift presentation, dated December 31st 1863, on a sheet of paper and mounted onto a blank free endpaper. A few small areas of rubbing to extremities, else a fine copy. ----- First Edition of one of the finest examples of Victorian colour printing and the first with the colour illustrations designed purposely for the text. The book was the brainchild of the printer Edmund Evans, who declared it to be the most carefully executed book he had ever printed. The illustrator and antiquary James Doyle was the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. -- Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, p.158.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11067
- Title
- A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. The designs engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans
- Author
- DOYLE. JAMES. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. London. 1864 (but 1863)
- Date Published
- 1864
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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