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PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL ... OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT...
by TAYLOR, Bayard (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor foxing to a few plates; frontispiece lacking in the second volume, present but detached in the third volume. Covers rubbed
- Seller
-
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Appleton & Company, [1875]. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to a few plates; frontispiece lacking in the second volume, present but detached in the third volume. Covers rubbed with wear to corners and spine ends with text block detached from covers in the third volume. Good, incomplete set with handsome plates. Two (of 3) folio (9-3/4" x 12-1/2") volumes bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated black morocco leather. Volumes 2 and 3 only. Illustrated with 2 steel- engraved title pages and 39 (of 60) fine steel-engraved views.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021420
- Title
- PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL ... OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT...
- Author
- TAYLOR, Bayard (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor foxing to a few plates; frontispiece lacking in the second volume, present but detached in the third volume. Covers rubbed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1875]
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, England, Views, Europe, Travel, Steel Engravings, 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; 19th Century; Steel Engravings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
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).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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