The Old Chelsea Bun-House: A Tale of the Last Century
Manning, Anne - by the author of Mary Powell
| Publication Date | 1855 |
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| Publisher | Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Good copy |
| SKU | 24361 |
| Notes | Marbled papers are worn to all edges. Leather is slightly scuffed and is cracked to both sides of the tail end of the spine for about 2.5 inches. Exposed board to corners. Age toning and foxing to prelims and age toning with very occasional foxing to page margins. Clean. Binding is square and tight. |
Description
Hardback. 325pp. First edition. Novel. Engraved frontis by Nicholls. Title page in red and black with the author identified only as “the author of Mary Powell”, this was a fictional biography of poet John Milton and was Anne Manning’s best known book. The old style type faces used add to the impression of an historical text. Half-bound in calf with red leather label to the spine. titles to spine in gilt. Raised bands to spine with gilt motif in the compartments free of titles. Blind stamped borders to spine. Marbled papers to boards. Red to all page edges.
