The Tower of London. A Historical Romance
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1844.
Fifth Edition. Leather bound. Quarto. xvi, 439 pages. Frontispiece engraving. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Original text and covers recased in later three-quarter red moroccan leather binding. Red cloth covered boards. Gilt lines on the covers. 5 raised bands, gilt title and decorations on the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end sheets. Original publishers decorated cloth covers and spine are bound in the back. Hinges cracked. End sheets, preliminary pages, frontispiece, and foredge have light to moderate foxing and brown spots. Light scattered foxing to the rest of the contents. Light soil to cloth covering. Armorial book plate of David Ritchie on the front paste down. Fair. Fair. Item #35955
Price: $50.00