The Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk

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The Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk, Thomas Hughes, Illustrated by Richard Doyle, Macmillan and Co., Cambridge, 1859, signed Bayntun leather binding, original cloth boards and spine adhered in back, 7.25 x 5.5 , 12mo. In good condition. Fine Bayntun signed leather binding. Light wear to extremities with scuffing and desiccation to edges and corners. Spine rebacked in recent years, finely done. Original spine laid over top. Dentelles bright and clean. Inner hinges possibly repaired with archival tape in front and rear? Marbled end papers clean. Front gutter at end papers foxed. All edges gilt. Internally good with light toning and minor instances of foxing. Free of known marginalia. Original gilt lazuli cloth boards placed in rear with spine as well. Finely bound overall. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. A beautifully bound first edition of this illustrated children s novel by Thomas Hughes, revolving around the Uffington White Horse. An entertaining children s novel, recording the traditional festivities surrounding the renovation of the White Horse with a frontispiece, vignette title page and many in-text illustrations. George Bayntun bindings are highly collectible!. N° de ref. del artículo COLL185BHLH

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