The Abyssinian Expedition and the Life and Reign of King Theodore, with one hundred illustratioins engraved from original sketches by the special artits and correspondents of the Illustrated London News and reprinted from that Journal

ACTON, Roger

Verlag: The Illustrated London News, London, 1868

Beschreibung

Scarce 1868 first edition, 78-page text plus plates (some folding) in very good, tight, clean condition, with only minor light age-browning. Tinted lithographic frontispiece and half-title page. Light offsetting and old crease on title page. All pages and illustrations checked and present. Small old inscription on front blank end paper. With all original end papers. All page edges gilt. Original pictorial gilt red-cloth binding in good, tight condition, with only light wear to the extremities. Some darkening on the back board and around the edges of the front board. Altogether in unusually good original condition. A large and heavy book, measuring approx 46 x 33 cms and weighing nearly 3kg. A shipping quote to cover full insurance and tracking will be given on request and at time of ordering. See photographs attached. Loosely inserted is an 1891 magazine account headed "The thirty-seventh anniversary of the Battle of Balaklava. (BMGAS). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BM14902

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Abyssinian Expedition and the Life and ...

Verlag: The Illustrated London News, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1868

Einband: Cloth Bound

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition