[Rarebooks] FS: 2 Antiquarian, Illustrated

[Gerard Gormley]

ABSTRACTS


Lovechild, Lawrence~.  ALADDIN OR THE WONDERFUL LAMP: A Gift for
All Seasons; with Fifteen Exquisite Illustrations on Wood,
Engraved by ... from Original Designs by Darley~.  Zieber, 1847.
Very hard to find -- 15 black/white wood engravings, hand-painted
with some skill by an amateur -- Later Printing.

Rogers, Samuel & Thomas Campbell~.  THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY --
THE PLEASURES OF HOPE~.  Philadelphia PA, USA: E.H. Butler & Co.,
1870.  Illustrated (engravings by Sir Thomas Lawrence & Turner) -
- Scottish English Poetry -- Association Copy.  Later Printing.



DETAILS


Lovechild, Lawrence (Editor)~.  ALADDIN OR THE WONDERFUL LAMP: A
Gift for All Seasons; with Fifteen Exquisite Illustrations on
Wood, Engraved by ... from Original Designs by Darley~.
Philadelphia PA, USA: George B.  Zieber, 1847.  Keywords: Very
hard to find -- Antiquarian -- Fiction -- Illustrated --
Literature -- 15 black/white wood engravings, hand-painted with
some skill by an amateur -- English language.  Later Printing.
Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).  118 pages:
Illustrated.  Binding height: 8-1/2".  Red paper over boards,
front title & pictorial gold-stamped, back title & pictorial
blind-stamped.  Book Good: names penned on front free end paper,
heavy bumping & rubbing to fore-corners & spine, 1/3 loss to
spine paper, light foxing to inside pages.  [Shipping weight: 1.5
lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available on request].  2071~.
US$50-


Rogers, Samuel & Thomas Campbell~.  THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY --
THE PLEASURES OF HOPE~.  Philadelphia PA, USA: E.H. Butler & Co.,
1870.  Keywords: Antiquarian -- Illustrated (engravings by Sir
Thomas Lawrence & Turner) -- Scottish English Poetry --
Association Copy from library of Samuel Adams, retired
Massachusetts Superior Court Justice, and descendant of our
nation's founding father by the same name -- English language.
Later Printing.  Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).  124
pages: Notes, black/white engravings.  Binding height: 7-7/8".
Handsome decorative binding in publisher's deluxe brown full
leather over beveled boards with blind-stamped & gold-stamped
decorations & raised spine bands -- all leaf-edges gilt, end
papers dark brown 1 side.  Book Very Good: bookstore seal stamped
through front free end paper, moderate-to-heavy rubbing to fore-
corners & many raised surfaces, light foxing to endpapers,
lightest browning to text pages, stain to p.76 from pressed
flower (still laid in).  Binding strong & tight, insides o/w
Fine.  [Shipping weight: 1.75 lb.].  [Digital JPEG image
available on request].  SA15~.  US$89.95


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