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Aldin, Cecil. THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD. Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$51.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light spotting to back board. A hint of browning and foxing to endpapers. ; An hommage of famous roads in London. Many sketches of what you could find: A coach office, a guard, a coachman. Including tipped in tissue guarded color illustrations from paintings by the author. Including many detailed maps: London to Richmond, Inns, London to Hampton Court, Brentford to Bagshot, Hounslow to Windsor, Colnbrook to Maidenhead - in short: The Bath Road and the Portsmouth Road in detail. Color map in front pocket ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 123 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Aldin, Cecil. The Romance of the Road. Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Black boards with grey lettering; top-edge gilt; 123 pp.; richly illustrated; tissue guards. This is a gorgeous book with beautiful plates (some in color). Good (Boards are shelf/edgeworn; corner board paper is worn to boards, as are spine ends; inner hinge is cracked; textblock is cracked; textblock edges are lightly foxed and smudged; ifc and ffep may have pencil marks; pages are lightly age toned around the edges, but this does not affect the plates; interior is clean; binding is solid.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Aldin, Cecil [illus.]. The Romance of the Road. Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$88.15 + shipping
Description: 380mm x 200mm (15" x 8"). 124pp. Folding map (double page) to front inner pocket; eleven colour plates with captioned tissue-guards; additional b/w illustrations and plates. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. The Romance of the Road. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928.
Price: US$103.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 123pp. A first edition book written and illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Contains 11 colour plates tipped onto the pages and Cary's Survey of the High Roads form London on pp117-123, in colour. All these as called for. The book is missing a map of London, kept in the pouch to the front paste down - the pouch has a tear across the lower edge but no loss. Gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. Numerous other drawings throughout also support the text. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the board corners, with slight fraying of the cloth. Light bump to the top corner of the front board with light turning in of the adjacnet page corner tips. Light soiling to both boards and a couple of small indentation marks to the rear board. Slight splitting to the rear inner hinge, though the rear board remain firmly attached. Also occasional gaps between pages in textblock though no gatherings or pages are loose and the textblock remains tight. Light foxing to the end papers, preliminary blank page, tail of the title page and to the margins of a several pages. Despite these faults, the book is otherwise clean and tight. A good copy.
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. The Romance of the Road. Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: Black cloth. No dust jacket. What looks to be the front image on the jacket has been preserved and is inside the back cover. Also includes original map in a slip pocket. The volume is beautifully and lavishly illustrated. Some foxing. The covers show shelf wear in the form of white/grey rubbings, and the bottom corners are worn. Gilded top edge. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation. Thank you.
Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Aldin, Cecil. The Romance of the Road. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small folio black hardcover, white lettering. Edge worn and rubbed, beveled edges. Lacks map in front pocket and first free end paper, alas.; 123 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Cecil Aldin. THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1928.
Price: US$152.64 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered bevel edged boards with cream titling to the spine and the upper boards. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a coloured map of London circa 1828 with the principle coaching inns at the time, this is mounted in a folder attached to the front paste down. A dustwrapper is not present. The size of this large book is 36cms x 27cms. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The stage coach and its destinations and coaching inns held a special magic for the artist and this book is lavishly illustrated with his accomplished sketches and eleven full colour tissue guarded plates. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 – 6 January 1935), was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. This beautiful book traces two journeys, one by mail coach from London to Bath, and one in a stagecoach from London to Portsmouth. Ref PPP 1
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
ALDIN, Cecil. The romance of the road. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1928.
Price: US$164.09 + shipping
Description: Either rebound or a variant issue. Bound in crimson cloth, with black cloth title & author panels & white lettering; board edges bevelled. Folding map present in pocket at front. A little discolouration to pages; binding tight. This is a very heavy book (about 2.2kgs packed); additional postage may be required for shipment outside UK.
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. The Romance of the Road. Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1928, 1928.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy folio 123pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, With a folding coloured map of London in pocket on front paste-down. Nice tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates & illustrations in text. No dust jacket o/w a nice copy of the first edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Cecil Aldin. The Romance Of The Road. Eyre and Spottiswood, 1928.
Price: US$381.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This copy in v/g condition, dediction on firrst free end paper, sadly lacks map. Numer 108 of 200 copies and is signed by the Author.
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil:. The Romance of the Road. Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited London, 1928.
Price: US$636.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition,123pp, uncut, 11 colour plates with tissue guards, numerous b/w illustrations in the text, folding map in front pocket, strip maps at rear, full vellum binding, gilt lettered. The contents are in excellent condition, with a hint of foxing to some of the tissue guards, and a little foxing and browning around the endpapers. The boards are in very good condition with some rubbing and a little of the usual yellowing. Limited to 200 copies (102/200) and SIGNED by Aldin on the limitation page. Held to be one of Aldin's finest illustrated works and also a notable contribution to the literature of coaching. UK shipping will be by UPS or equivalent for £3.85. Overseas shipping will be higher than the ABE default rate and additional charges will be requested.
Seller: Gerald Baker, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$763.21 + shipping
Description: Large hardback, 15 x 11 inches. Full vellum bound covers, beveled edge boards, with gilt lettering to spine and front. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor darkening around edges of boards, some light scratches and marks to rear side. Folding map in front pocket with small tear to top edge. Foxing to endpapers, some small spots to frontis tissue guard and title pg. Signed in pencil by Cecil Aldin on verso of title page. Inside pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good limited edition copy. 17 colour plates & many b/w ills. 123 pp. Folding colour map in pocket at front.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$881.51 + shipping
Description: 380mm x 200mm (15" x 8"). 124pp. Folding map (double page) to front inner pocket; eleven colour plates with captioned tissue-guards; additional b/w illustrations and plates. Signed by Cecil Aldin on the limitation page. VG : in eery good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly marked. Inscription to upper edge of fly-leaf. Occasional light foxing throughout. Bookplate to front pastedown. Teg Vellum hardback boards with gilt illustration
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom