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JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE, AND SOME OF THE GREEK ISLANDS, IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1833
by (CRUIKSHANK, George) AULDJO, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near F
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near Fine. George Cruikshank. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with modern calf rebacking; xii, 259, [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 text engravings after William Gell and 7 etched plates by George Cruikshank after sketches by the author. With Cruikshank's AUTOGRAPH pasted to the verso of the half-title page opposite the title page. Blackmer 56: "A very interesting account of several months' visit, written in a lively style. Nothing seems too trivial for the author's notice; he gives detailed descriptions of costume and of all sorts of manufactures including jewellery, silks, perfumes etc."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020356
- Title
- JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE, AND SOME OF THE GREEK ISLANDS, IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1833
- Author
- (CRUIKSHANK, George) AULDJO, John
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Illustrators, Greece, Illustrated Books, Travel, 19th Century British Literature, Signed, Literature: English, George Cruikshank
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century British Literature; Travel; George Cruikshank;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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