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Very Good clothbound pocket-size hardcover with gilt titles. Corners a little worn and darkened, though cloth is intact. Spine a little faded; pages tanned. Binding solid.

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne : Cassell And Company, Limited, [ No date - c. 1896? ] .. A very good original19th century publisher's binding. Large heavy folio. 33.8cm x 27cm x 5.8cm. [ 13.25" x 10.25" x 2.00"]. pp.12/pp.337 . Maroon cloth, with gilt decorated front board and spine. Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. Edges lightly rubbed. Light soiling to endpapers. Small section from top corner cut-out. Clean frontis.Title-page in red & black. Clean text, illustrated with 60 full-page plates (as called for). Colophon to base of last leaf (p.337): "Printed By Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C." Libray stamp to front endpaper and title-page: "Repton School Library". Light foxing to the back of some plates and the adjacent page of text. N.B. Date of publication from COPAC (British Library) . ** " Gustave Dor� (1832 - 1883). French illustrator and etcher, born in Strasbourg, died in Paris. Famous for his printed illustrations of over 100 books, among which… Read More

Cassell Petter & Galpin n/d (circa 19th century). COMPLETE AND WORTHY OF RESTORATION! Folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black ink decoration to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 337pp, illus/plates, tatty (extremely heavy scuffing to spine & boards/extrems with heavy surface loss, boards v shaky, very heavy cracking to gutters, fep completely loose but present, moderate foxing & light creasing to pages throughout) please ask for photos, it's definitely a do-er upper but absolutely more beautiful & charming than it sounds in the description!

London ; Paris ; Melbourne : Cassell and Company Limited, 1893. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges (spine bands worn). Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 455, [15] p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Publisher's advertisements on 16 p. at end. Includes bibliographical notes. Translated from the Italian. Subjects; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Purgatorio. English. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Paradiso. English. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Purgatorio. English. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Paradiso. English. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ; Translations into English. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ; Illustrations. Italian poetry To 1400. Purgatory ; Poetry. Heaven ; Poetry. Heaven. Purgatory. Genres; Illustrated. Illustrated works. Poetry.

cassell london [nd]. 4 volumes ills.[b/w plates by gustave dore] VG (green textured cloth w.gilt decoration to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,text pp of contents sl.foxed,plates are generally clean,spines cracked w.some sections loosening and some plates detached but all present) uncommon 4 vol.set;specially prepared for subscription as stated on publisher's slip tipped-in;heavy set

London / New York: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1868. Hardcover. Good+ (heavy wear to boards, front cover loose, red spine missing, pages lightly age toned but otherwise clean, plates are very crisp and clean). Oversized red cloth boards with gilt lettering; bw illustrated frontispiece; XII, 337 pp; bw plates with descriptive guard sheets. Not dated but appears to be published approx 1866-1868. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Dore. With critical and explantory notes. Includes bibliographical references.

Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary(translator) - The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise; illustrated with the designs of Gustave Doré - London, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1868 - First Edition - Hardcover - 337pp - 38x30 cm.
Condition Very Good: Spine has been renewed (which is a weak spot for these books), cover label shows some stains, title page has a fold. Otherwise a great book with a solid binding, clean pages, beautifull illustrations with tissue guards.
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