Skip to content

CANADIAN SCENERY IlUSTRATED [2 Volumes] by Bartlett, W.H. and N.P. Willis

by Bartlett, W.H. and N.P. Willis

CANADIAN SCENERY IlUSTRATED [2 Volumes] by Bartlett, W.H. and N.P. Willis

CANADIAN SCENERY IlUSTRATED [2 Volumes]

by Bartlett, W.H. and N.P. Willis

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
London: James S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane, n.d. [1842] 2 volumes, 117 plates + engraved map, 2 vignettes on extra engraved title-pages, all with tissue guards. Original green cloth stamped in blind, with gilt stamped cover vignette and ornate gilt spines, all edges gilt. Covers slightly soiled and rubbed at the tips, head of spine started with a slight pull to head of vol. 2, minor occassional foxing, else very good.. Original Cloth. Very Good. Quarto.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher James S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane, n.d. [1842]
  • Place of Publication London
  • Keywords ILLUSTRATED
  • Size Quarto
No image available

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland (2 vol set)

by Coyne and N.P. Willis, illustrated by W.H. Bartlett, J. Stirling

  • Used
  • fair
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - fair
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Sappho Books
GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$275.00

Show Details

Description:
UK: George Virtue, c.1840. hardcover. fair. 2 volume hardcover set, in full green leather with gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Spine board is very rubbed and worn, chipped at crown and foot, but binding is tight and fully intact, on both volumes. Boards of both volumes are quite worn, particualrly edgeworn. Heavy bumping to board corners on both volumes, exposing cardboard. Prior owner's signature in ink in both volumes, multiple times in Vol 1. Short gift inscriptions in pencil, and bookplates of Henry Hamilton, illustrated with the Hamilton coat of arms, laid in on paste-down of each volume. Each volume is missing one illustration, and a tissue layer in Vol 1 has been torn out, and other illustrations have significant foxing or occasional staining. Text is foxed throughout with occasional staining, but still clear and readable. Marbled page block edges are worn and faded. Marbled endpapers in good condtiion, a little worn/browned. Ribbon bookmark missing from Vol 1. Overall, in a fair but… Read More
Item Price
A$275.00

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.