National History and Views of London with its Environs, Including its Antiquities, Modern Improvements, etc. (2 Vols.)
by Partington, C. F. (Ed.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition
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About This Item
London: Alan Bell & Co, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Octavo. viii, 208, 59 plates, viii, 216pp., 53 plates. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards, with gilt lettering ruling and tooling on spines; raised bands. Marbled edges. Marble endpapers. Frontispiece engraving and engraved second title page of volume one. The 300 steel engravings created from original drawings by eminent artists. Bindings with light wear, minor tears and light cracking of hinges. Boards rubbed. Cover of volume one attached only at top of binding. Starting at front inside gutters. Some light, sporadic foxing throughout, mostly in margins, sometimes affecting images.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52385
- Title
- National History and Views of London with its Environs, Including its Antiquities, Modern Improvements, etc. (2 Vols.)
- Author
- Partington, C. F. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alan Bell & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- copperplate engravings, London environment, London antiquities, view of London
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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