Londion: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Green cloth with gilt image of woman and small boy on front cover and three separate figuresseparated by gilt lettering, on spine. Illustrated by John Leech with 10 hand colored plates and vignette line drawings. All edges gilt. Book plate of former owner inside front cover. Slightly shaken and moderate wear to spine ends. A nice clean copy with colored plates which still retain their vibrancy. Near very good.. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002725
Title: The Comic History of Rome
Author: A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, Illustrated by John Leech
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Bradbury and Evans
Place of Publication: Londion
Date Published: 1853
Keywords: COLOR PLATES, HAND-COLORED HUMOR, JOHN LEECH
Bookseller catalogs: Humor;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.