The Life and Remains of Douglas Jerrold by Blanchard Jerrold - 1859

Ticknor & Fields, 1859. First edition. Good to Very Good condition. Owner bookplate. The life of this famous author and playwright.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Decorative Silk. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. First American Edition. 12mo. Brown silk binding, decoratively stamped in blind, gilt titles, pp. xiii, 450, 16 pp. ads. Antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. Chocolate endpapers. Life of the brilliant wit, journalist, and playwright. Nick to rear board, library markings to spine, small stamp to title, bookplate as noted. Evidence of having once been exposed to moisture - resulting in sporadic dampstains and foxing. The book, however, is solid and square. Good condition..

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

New.

London: W. Kent Late D. Bogue. 1859.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved portrait, xvi, 420 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt on spines. Only very slight rubbing to edges and corners. From the Library of Gilbert a'Beckett, dated and signed at Christ Church, Oxford. Ownership inscription of Gilbert Arthur a'Beckett. He was an English writer who contributed to Punch and wrote plays. Born in 1837 he attended Christ Church, Oxford between 1855 and 1860. He died in 1891. He was the son of humourist Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett, 1811 - 1856, who also wrote for Punch and was the author of 'A Comic History of England'. Bookplate of Victor Crittenden, 1925 - 2014, Australian garden historian and founder of the Mulini Press

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New.