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Memorial of HRH Albert Prince of Wales and HRH Alexandra Princess of Denmark
by Russell, William Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Day and Son, [1863] First edition of "one of the finest chromolithograph folios of the 'sixties" (Ruari McLean, Victorian Book Design). Publisher's red cloth over beveled boards. Elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, with the initials "R.D." (Robert Dudley) below the title on the front cover. All edges gilt. . Folio. Chromolithographic title-page and forty-two chromolithographic plates( numbered 1-33, 33 a 34-41), wood- engraved dedication and illustrations in the text. Top corners worn. A little light foxing, mostly marginal. A very good, bright copy of this grand work, celebrating the wedding of Queen Victoria's son and introducing his bride to the British public. The author is British-Irish journalist W. H. Russell (1820-1907), who reported for The Times and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. Here, he describes Alexandra's upbringing, education, interests and trousseau. Robert Dudley (fl. 1858-93) illustrates the proceedings of the wedding, including the arrival of the Princess at Gravesend and the fabulous wedding gifts. Dudley and Russell also collaborated on The Atlantic Telegraph, published by Day and son in 1866. It is an eye-witness account of the laying of the first Atlantic cable by the Great Eastern.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16029
- Title
- Memorial of HRH Albert Prince of Wales and HRH Alexandra Princess of Denmark
- Author
- Russell, William Howard
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's red cloth over beveled boards. Elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, with the initials "R.D." (Robert Dudley) bel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of "one of the finest chromolithograph folios of t
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Day and Son,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [1863]
- Pages
- . [8], 122, xviii pp
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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