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Price: US$14.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Leather binding with marbled covers, maroon leather title label. Rubbing and some wear to the leather, the outer hinges are in good order, but the inner hinges have weakened and only held by the strings-still secured- but handle with a little care. The text is complete, browning to the frontispiece and engraved title, some plates are browned, some others are fairly bright (about half of the plates with light to moderate marking and the other half with heavier browning), small stain to the bottom of edge of 3 plates at the end. Dimensions; 225 by 150mm. Pages; (4), XII, (2), 496. With 30 sheets of plates by George Cruikshank including the engraved title and frontispiece.
Seller: Benson's Antiquarian Books, Dunblane, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.93 + shipping
Description: Vorsatz hinten und vorne restauriert.- Vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500
Seller: Antiquariat Daniel Schramm e.K., Kiel, Germany
Price: US$35.86 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Front., engr. title, plates by George Cruikshank. Orig. grey-purple cloth, borders in blind, pictorially blocked in gilt on front board & blind on back board, spine decorated & lettered in gilt; recased with sl. loss but maintaining most of orig. spine, faded to brown. Wolff 6403; Sadleir 3094 records a set of parts as he was 'never fortunate enough to find a copy of the book issue in decent state'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.37 + shipping
Description: Place Printed: London 1 Blank pages / 12 Roman numbered pages / 1 NNP / 1 Blank pages / 496 Pages / 2 Blank pages / 28 Engraved Plates Height (cm): 22 Width (cm): 14,5 Thickness (cm): 4,5 Weight (kg): 0,943
Seller: Antiquariaat Meuzelaar, Heusden, NB, Netherlands
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1850 Leather bound. Good condition. With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. .From the state of John Burton Philips, owner of the The Heath House, Staffordshire his plate to the inside front cover. Good condition with foxing heavier to title pages and end papers, prior owner's inscription.U5C11.
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Originally published anonymously. 1850, First Edition illustrated by George Cruikshank. Size 8.5" x 5.25", 496 pages. Half burgundy morocco over marbled boards, with five raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the second and gilt vignettes in the remaining compartments. Condition good-very good, corners, edges and spine bands rubbed, title and engraved title dust-soiled, plates slightly toned, with a few spots and a couple of finger marks to margins of 4 plates, else generally very clean, pages clean. The first edition of Frank Fairlegh illustrated by George Cruikshank, contains the rare fully dated plate "The Retribution" opposite page 479, dated "Octr-20th -49" - said to have been suppressed in later editions. 30 illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: rebound in full recent dark brown leather with a neat hand written (in caligraphy) label to the spine. there is a previous owner's stamp mark. new end papers. age related marks. well bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A first edition of this work by Francis E. Smedley, 'Frank Fairlegh', profusely illustrated throughout. First Edition. With thirty illustrations by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, best known for his illustrations in the novels of Charles Dickens. Francis Edward Smedley began his literary career by contributing to Sharpe's London Magazine anonymously. His contributions were well received and would lead to Smedley's development of 'Frank Fairlegh'. In a half morocco binding. Externally, sound with bumping and rubbing. Front joint and hinge failed with board detached but present. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright with foxing to first and last and occasional spotting throughout. Some pages chipped and creased. Fair
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. WITH 30 ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Note title page in 2nd state whilst preface in 1st state. V .good + with v. good + contemporary half black morocco with morocco grained cloth boards, gilt rule and lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Watermark on illustrated front endpaper only with minor foxing to some, but not all plates. Originally published anonamously but author known to be Smedley. A handsome book with quality illustrations by Cruikshank.:
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$131.55 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands are worn. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xii, [2], 496p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Boys -- England -- Juvenile fiction. Upper class -- England -- Juvenile fiction. Horsemen and horsewomen -- England -- Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$154.00 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands are worn. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xii, [2], 496p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Boys -- England -- Juvenile fiction. Upper class -- England -- Juvenile fiction. Horsemen and horsewomen -- England -- Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce first edition of Frank Fairlegh by Francis E. Smedley. With thirty illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. Francis Edward Smedley, (4 October 1818 1 May 1864) was an English novelist. His name appears in print usually as Frank E. Smedley. Smedley contributed his first book, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil, anonymously to Sharpe's London Magazine in 1846-1848. His first essay proved so successful that it was expanded into Frank Fairlegh, and published in book-form in 1850. In a half green morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. There is also an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 496 pages. Thirty illustrations on steel by Cruikshank. Gordon Ray [THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790-1914, pp.69], quotes Thackeray on Cruikshank, "There must be no smiling with Cruikshank. . .A man who does not laugh outright is a dullard. "Originally issued in parts, January 1849-March 1850. This book edition is a true first with title page and Introduction sign-off both dated 1850. COHN 754. Lovely copy in tan calf bound by Riviere & Son. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral designs, spine labels in olive lettered in gilt, triple gilt border fillets inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, slight rubbing backstrip extremities.
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 496p. SIGNED BINDING BY J. & E. BUMPUS. A hardcover book bound in full golden-brown leather with a gilt-decorated spine. Features gilt foredges and dentelles. Very good condition overall. The spine, edges, and corners are lightly rubbed. Spotty, hazy discoloration along the top edges of the boards. The edges of the free endpapers are tanned. A previous owner hand-wrote the author's name in pencil at the end of the preface. Otherwise, no notes in the main text. Lots of light fingerprint smudges in the margins and some lmild foxing on the plates. The binding is secure for normal handling. This copy contains the bookplate of American novelist George Barr McCutcheon, and of Philip Greely Brown, a distinguished banker and book collector in Portland, Maine. Illustrated with black and white plates by George Cruikshank.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.