London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. John Leech. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date [circa 1850]. Bound in green morocco with gilt to front board & to spine. Gilt to all page edges. Illustrated throughout in black & white, & with hand coloured illustrated plates. One plate is missing pg. 138. Wear to outer extremities; some rubbing to gilt on front board & spine. Pages are age darkened with some intermittent soiling, foxing toward boards, some rippling to pastedowns. A punctured tear to the first free endpage has been neatly repaired. Previous owner's signature to the upper first free endpage.

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Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16901
Title: The Comic History of Rome
Author: A BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT
Illustrator: John Leech
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Bradbury, Evans, and Co
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Humour, History

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About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA

Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)

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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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.