Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title The Life of Reginald Heber D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. By his Widow. With selections from his correspondence unpublished poems and private papers; Together with A Journal of His Tour in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Germany’ and A History of the Cossaks In Two Volumes. Published by 1830, 1830 [First Edition – Quarter Leather Binding] __________ Author Reginald HEBER Amelia HEBER (editor) ______________________ Year of Publication 1830 __________________________ Publisher London: John Murray. _______________________ For full description see below - after all photographs___________________________________________ Description: London: John Murray, 1830, First Edition in Two Volumes. First edition, two volumes bound in half leather with gilt titles and decorations to the spine. Internally very clean, heavy tanning to the folded map at the rear of Vol I. Both volumes with an envelope addressed to Frederick Augustus King to the front paste down together with 4 printed documents, 2 of them opinions by King about the practice of docking lambs tails or castrating farm animals generally. Other book plates also present. The address labels both Cambridge Independent Press labels. The printed letters are attached to the front paste down and rear end paper of Vol I and just before the appendix of Vol II. Vol I – xv, [1], 684pp, portrait frontispiece, folding map; Vol II – viii, 636pp, frontispiece and 1 plate. Approximately 11 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles, four broad raised gilt bands, 6 compartments decorated in gilt. top and bottom of the spines rubbed with loss to the gilt.Joints – good condition – rubbed and worn.Corners – good condition – bumped and worn.Boards – good condition – half leather binding, gilt fillet to the edge of the leather, rubbed marked and worn, marbled paper boards.Page edges – good condition – all lightly tanned.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – intact.Paste downs – good condition – marbled with book plates and an address label.End papers – good condition – marbled end papers, printed matter affixed to Vol I, subsequent end papers light tanned.Title – good condition – lightly tanned.Pages – good condition – lightly tanned throughout, offsetting from the plates.Binding – good condition – attractive, worn. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1830 Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ Louis88Books are members of the PBFA. We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please e-mail me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop Thank you. LOUIS88Books Preserving books for the next generation
Price: 380 GBP
Location: Andover
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Modified Item: No
Year Printed: 1830
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Personalised: No
Binding: Leather
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Author: Reginald Heber
Publisher: John Murray
Signed: No
Fiction Subject: General & Literary Fiction
Original/Reproduction: Original
