Tales of an Antiquary Vol. I-III by Anonymous (First Edition)
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Tales of an Antiquary Vol. I-III by Anonymous (First Edition)
$800.00 USD
Tales of an Antiquary Vol. I-III by Anonymous (First Edition)
Authors: Anonymous [George Robert Stow Mead]
Location: London
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Date: 1828
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title pages dated 1828. In Three Volumes. Vol. I-III. Marbled cloth with one-quarter red leather binding. Gilt lettering and blind stamped ruling. Vol. 1, A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1560, 360 pp.; Vol. II, A.D. 1571 to A.D. 1689, 353 pp.; Vol. III, A.D.1716 to A.D. 1769, 393 pp. Publishers' adverts laid in. "These volumes are most respectfully inscribed to The Author of Waverley, by an unknown admirer of his genius," preface.
Book Condition: Very Good: Copies with mild wear to spine edges and corners. (Vol. III with tear to cloth at front joint) Light offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's bookplates to front pastedowns. Small labels to rear pastedowns. Volumes 2 and 3 have been mislabeled. The copy with Volume II on the spine is Volume III and the copy with Volume III on the spine is Volume II.
Notes: LWCurrey: "Narrated by Sylvanus Beauclerk, a fictitious author who refers to himself as a 'Civic Antiquary'. Written by Richard Thomson (1794-1865)."
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Authors: Anonymous [George Robert Stow Mead]
Location: London
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Date: 1828
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title pages dated 1828. In Three Volumes. Vol. I-III. Marbled cloth with one-quarter red leather binding. Gilt lettering and blind stamped ruling. Vol. 1, A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1560, 360 pp.; Vol. II, A.D. 1571 to A.D. 1689, 353 pp.; Vol. III, A.D.1716 to A.D. 1769, 393 pp. Publishers' adverts laid in. "These volumes are most respectfully inscribed to The Author of Waverley, by an unknown admirer of his genius," preface.
Book Condition: Very Good: Copies with mild wear to spine edges and corners. (Vol. III with tear to cloth at front joint) Light offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's bookplates to front pastedowns. Small labels to rear pastedowns. Volumes 2 and 3 have been mislabeled. The copy with Volume II on the spine is Volume III and the copy with Volume III on the spine is Volume II.
Notes: LWCurrey: "Narrated by Sylvanus Beauclerk, a fictitious author who refers to himself as a 'Civic Antiquary'. Written by Richard Thomson (1794-1865)."
HCX24414-1