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The Illustrated London News, vol LII Jan. to June
by periodical
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1868 HUGE Illustrated London News Abyssinia Expedition India Angkor Wat Cambodia
A rare, mid-19th-century issue of 'The Illustrated London News' – an enormous tome!
This series of issues from 1868 covers a wide variety of important topics; however, the entirety of topics included is too vast to include here. Nonetheless, some of the most important and interesting topics include:
· Description of and reports of the Expedition to Abyssinia
o Battle of Magdala
o British rescue of missionaries
· Sketches from India and the British Raj
o Description of government and notes on governors and rulers
Rajah of Kapoorthulla
o Indian palaces
· Descriptions of Japanese theater
· Mining silver in Mexico
· Moose hunting in Canada
· Notes on Queen Emma of Sandwich Islands, arrival in Hawaii
· Description and view of Ongou [Angkor] Wat temple in Cambodia
Item number: #21061
Price: $599
periodical
The Illustrated London News, vol LII Jan. to June
London: printed by George C Leighton, 1868. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o iv, 644
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Cloth
· Size: ~16.25in X 11.5in (41.5cm x 29.5cm)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21061
- Title
- The Illustrated London News, vol LII Jan. to June
- Author
- periodical
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George C Leighton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1868 HUGE Illustrated London News Abyssinia Expedition India Angkor Wat Cambodia, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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