Saint James's or The Court of Queen Anne by William Harrison Ainsworth. [Magazine Issue in a Riviere Binding].

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5 7/8 in. x 9 in., engraved frontispiece by George Cruikshank: "Young Masham protecting Abigail Hill from the Marquis de Guiscard." London: J. Mortimer, Adelaide Street, 1844.; special title-page printed in red and black; text: Ainsworth's Magazine, with the printed pagination corrected in pencil after page 30: pp. [1]-30; 93-122; 187-217; 281-316; 375-403; 469-496; [1]-18; 95-107; 189-205; 439-468; 551-558; (in pencil): [31]-[273]; some pages have portions covered or strenghtened with white paper. With the total of 14 plates: [1] frontispiece; [2] p. 102/40; [3] 122/62; [4] 203/79; [5] 213/89; [6] 294/108; [7] 308/122; [8] 380/135; [9] 390/145; [10] 486/177; [11] 493/184; [12] [1]/188; [13] 15/202; [14] 204/233. Bound in full, light brown, polished calf by Riviere & Son, with their stamp in the lower left on the reverse of the front endpaper; with five raised bands on spine, red and green morocco leather title labels, gilt-lettered with title, author's name, 1844 on the lower spine, with gilt floral tooling, triple-line gilt borders around the covers, gilt dentelles on the inner leather turn-ins, top-edge gilt, headbands, dark blue coated-paper endpapers; with engraved, heraldic bookplate on the inner front paste-down: E. Peter Jones. The cover corners show rubbing, with small area of leather rubbed off the upper front cover corner, light rubbing to cover edges; a few of the plate margins show light tan spotting, as do some of the text page margins. Weight: 1 1/2 lbs. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-739207051

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