Vickers alfred george (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Cloth. Zustand: Fair. First edition. A fascinating first edition of this illustrated descriptive work on Russia, by Linney Gilbert. The first edition of this work. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Both boards disbound but present. Illustrated with an engraved vignette title page, frontispiece and twenty-three steel engraved by Vickers. Collated, complete. One plate intended to oppose p.130 misbound, opposing p.128. A fascinating, mid-nineteenth century account of the history and current state of the Russian Empire, constructed by Gilbert from a wide range of sources and first hand accounts of those who had previously travelled to Russia. This incredibly scarce edition would make a wonderful addition to a collection of nineteenth-century travel works with sympathetic repair. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Externally, worn. Both boards disbound. Loss to cloth at spine, with a section loosely inserted. Fraying to cloth at extremities. Stain to front board. Sunning to board perimeters. Internally, binding generally firm. Particularly tender between p.128-129. Pages bright and clean. Instances of spotting to plates, heaviest to frontis and engraved title page. Mild age toning to pages. Fair. Alfred George Vickers (illustrator). book. …