Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom. Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis
by Egan Pierce
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1823. Bound by Bayntun of Bath. Collation, xvi,376pp, 36 fine hand coloured plates, folding music plates, bound without adverts. Bound in full red morocco, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling within compertments, gilt rule lines on boards, inner dentelles, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. A very attractive binding in superb condition. Internally, some off-setting, heavy in a few places, some occasional light spotting or finger marking. Pages and plates in good condition throughout. A very nice copy, in a fine binding. . Second Edition. Morocco. Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 097669
- Title
- Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom. Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis
- Author
- Egan Pierce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Bayntun Binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Illustrated; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...