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Ingelow, Jean, et. al. (contrib.s), and
Arthur Boyd Houghton (illus.), HOME
THOUGHTS AND HOME SCENES IN ORIGINAL POEMS ... AND PICTURES
(London: Routledge Warne & Routledge, 1865). First edition,
25 x 20cm [4to], in publisher's dark green sand-grain cloth w/elaborate
gilt & embossed decorations & title to covers & spine,
bevelled edges, a.e.g., lt. chocolate eps., [i-x], 1-35 (plates) +
I-XXXV (text) +[70 blank versos] cardstock pp., w/35 wood engravings by
the Dalziels after A.B. Houghton. "Dalziel's Gift Book for 1865,"
printed at the Camden Press, London. Binding Very Good
(extremities moderately bumped, & a few faded spots to cloth);
contents Very Good (prelims & final leaf a bit foxed w/occas. lt.
spotting elsewhere). White 126 ("absolutely essential to any
representative collection of the period") & 165, Dalziels 354, Reid
7 & 196 ("the book of 1865"), Ray 200, Wolff 7793, de
Beaumont 127, Goldman 57 (see also pp.126 & 128). (Inv.
#622) C$1,000 |
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Ingelow, Jean, et. al. (contrib.s), and
Arthur Boyd Houghton (illus.), HOME
THOUGHTS AND HOME SCENES IN ORIGINAL POEMS ... AND PICTURES
(London: Routledge Warne & Routledge, 1865). First edition,
24.5 x 19cm [4to], sumptuously bound by S. Hogg (stamped to verso of
fr. ep.) in royal blue morocco w/decorative gilt borders to covers
& gilt decorations & title to spine, 5 raised bands, a.e.g.,
decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled eps., [i-x], 1-35 (plates) + I-XXXV
(text) +[70 blank versos] cardstock pp., w/35 wood engravings by the
Dalziels after A.B. Houghton. "Dalziel's Gift Book for 1865,"
printed at the Camden Press, London. With the decorative
bookplate of Nigel H.L. Temple to fr. pastedown. Binding Very
Good (spine sl. faded); contents Very Good (1st & final few leaves
sl. foxed w/only occas. lt. spotting elsewhere). White 126
("absolutely essential to any representative collection of the period")
& 165, Dalziels 354, Reid 7 & 196 ("the book of 1865"),
Ray 200, Wolff 7793, de Beaumont 127, Goldman 57 (see also pp.126 &
128). (Inv. #622) C$800 |