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Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. ( 189mm. ) Pp.[5] vi - vii [1], [2], [1] 2 - 250 [2]. Plates [6], plus and engraved vignette on the title page. Sporadic spotting of both the text and plates. Contemporary half calf, rubbed, over marbled paper backed boards, backstrip with a black title label lettered in gilt, boards showing some shelf wear, marbled endpapers with evidence of a bookplate sometime removed, and the small printed paper label of John Pritchard, | Bookbinder and Stationer, | Bangor Street ; Carnarvon | on the front pastedown. The Contents include : The magic phial; or, An evening at Delft -- A tale of the Civil Wars -- Friar Rush -- Ghysbrecht, the free-lance -- The three suitors -- The fifth of November -- A tale of the Low Countries -- Trial by battle -- The Castle of Stauffenberg -- The brothers -- Roger Clevelly -- Haviland Hall. John Yonge Akerman ( 1806 - 1873 ) was a numismatist and antiquary ; secretary to William Cobbett ; and helped to found the Numismatic Society of London in 1836. For more details of Akerman see ODNB.
Seller: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 5 x 8in. vii. [1] [2, ads] [1] 250 [24, ads] [1]pp. + 6 plates. Bound in quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal loss from the extremities, closed split of the cloth at the hinge, boards with only slight wear, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text and plates are clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: vii, [1 (blank)], 250; 24 pp. 24 page publisher catalogue at rear. Original illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank. Tissue guards. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-1/4" Binding worn. A bit shaken. Some foxing. A Good copy. Original publisher's muslin cloth spine over drab paper boards, with printed paper title label to spine. Bright yellow eps
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 250; vignette title page and 6 engraved plates by J. Thompson and S. & T. Williams after drawings by Cruikshank; later half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; extremities a bit rubbed, but generally a good, sound copy, or better. "The Tales comprised in this volumes were written during the author's leisure hours, and have already appeared before the public , but at the request of a few partial friends they have been revised and collected in the present form, and he trusts that although they may be wanting in elegance of style, they will be found correct as to historical and descriptive particulars" (preface). Akerman was an English antiquarian specializing mainly in numismatics. He also wrote under the pseudonym Paul Pindar. Cohn 23.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 5.25 x 8in. vii. 250pp. + 7 engravings on wood. 22pp., ads. Bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards of the period. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titling. Marbled endpapers. VERY GOOD. Shows shelf rubbing of the extremities with light hints of marginal loss, occasional bouts of extremely light foxing throughout,
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: 250 pages. 20.5 x 15 cm. Seven engraved plates, (including vignette title engraved by J. Thompson and T. Williams after George Cruikshank). COHN 23. Armorial bookplate, bound by John Bumpus, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, inner dentelles, silk moire decorated endpapers, clean and bright copy, two bookseller catalogue descriptions front free endpapers. Full brown crushed morocco. Teg. Fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 250; vignette title page and 6 woodcut plates by J. Thompson and S. & T. Williams after drawings by Cruikshank; original cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; generally a very good, sound copy, or better. "The Tales comprised in this volume were written during the author's leisure hours, and have already appeared before the public, but at the request of a few partial friends they have been revised and collected in the present form, and he trusts that although they may be wanting in elegance of style, they will be found correct as to historical and descriptive particulars" (preface). Akerman was an English antiquarian specializing mainly in numismatics. He also wrote under the pseudonym Paul Pindar. Cohn 23.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$333.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. vii, [1]blank, [1 leaf], 250. with half-title. wood-engraved title vignette & 6 wood-engraved plates by J.Thompson & S. & T.Wiliams after sketches by George Cruikshank. later mottled calf, gilt back & inside dentelles, t.e.g. (joints & spine ends worn & repaired, rear free-endpaper loose). First Edition. Cohn 23.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
J.Y.A (AKERMAN, JOHN YONGE). Tales Of Other Days. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With illustrations by George Cruikshank. 8vo. Now bound in whole brown calf, solid gilt edges, with facsimile of Cruikshanks signature in the center of the front board. Lettered in gilt on the front board and spine. Six spine compartments, elaborately decorated with red leather backgrounds for the title and illustrator. Inner dentelles front and back with marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and signed by them. Six full page woodcuts and a vignette on the title page. Contains "The Magic Phial, or An Evening at Delft; A Tale of the Civil Wars; Friar Rush; Ghysbrecht, the Free-Lance; The Three Suitors; The Fifth of November; A Tale of the Low Countries; Trial by Battle; The Castle Of Stauffenberg; The Brothers; Roger Clevelly; Haviland Hall." Some minor foxing to the blank preliminaries. Housed in a slip-case. Cohn, #23, pp13-14. Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.