croydon edward (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. G+ 1st PB 32mo. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged. Greyish-brown card cover with overlapping edges and lettering in black and red. 115 x 173 x 11mm. 65pp. Edges of cover a little browned and lightly worn; light foxing to page-edges and first and last few leaves; internal contents otherwise clean and bright throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. [Croydon, Edward]. A Guide to the Watering Places, on the coast, between the Exe and the Dart: including Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay, embellished with a general view of Teignmouth and Dawlish, and the various seats around them, with a short description of the neighbourhood. viii, 95, [1]; [2], 84; 72, [28]pp conchology and subscribers' list., 18 aquatints (17 hand-coloured, 5 folding and 2 of Croydon's Library). A good copy in contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards. Neatly rebacked, some rubbing to the boards, and occasional foxing and minor marking. New end-papers and paste-downs. 8vo. Teignmouth: printed and sold by E. Croydon, Public Library. 1823.

First edition, a superior copy in red morocco, with the bookplate of John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury. Fisher was "a highly cultured prelate, a generous patron of both authors and artists, and a capable sketcher; he was chaplain to the Royal Academy in 1807 and helped to set up the British Institution the previous year. For the last twenty-five years of his life he was one of John Constable's leading patrons" (ODNB). The work concludes with a chapter on the conchology of the region. The work is variously attributed to Edward Croydon, the publisher; William Bonneau Noble (1780-1831), the illustrator; or the engravers, Daniel Havell and James Shury. Abbey Scenery 115; Tooley 347. Octavo (211 x 134 mm), in four parts. Folding engraved map as frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates by D. Havell and others after Noble, 3 of these folding. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, flat spine gilt in compartments, sides panelled in gilt and blind and centred with a blind arabesque within a wide gilt lozenge, brown endpapers, edges gilt. With the contemporary bookplate and ownership inscription of Elizabeth Mirehouse, and with the bookplate on the rear pastedown of John Fisher (1758-1825), Bishop of Salisbury. Extremities rubbed, the map with short marginal tear, occasional light browning, an excellent copy.