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Solomon Seesaw
John Parish Robertson
1839
Saunders and Otley : London
8" by 5"
xiv, 293; vii, [1], 307; vi, 294pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this scarce nineteenth century novel by J. P. Robertson, with illustrations by Phiz, complete in three volumes.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this scarce work.
Complete in three volumes.
With half titles present to each volume.
A humorous nineteenth-century novel narrating the childhood of Solomon Seesaw, with detailed descriptions of rural Scotland and Wales.
Written by early nineteenth-century Scottish writer and merchant, John Parish Robertson.
Including eight plates illustrated by Phiz, or Hablot Knight Browne, a prominent Victorian artist who completed numerous illustrations for Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, Charles Ainsworth, and more. Collated, complete.
CONDITION
Bound in the publishers original cloth. Externally sound, with slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Front boards tender to I and III, with joints split and boards may detach with further handling. Small splits to cloth at the joints with hinges strained. A little fraying to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. The odd mark to cloth and pencil mark to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with only the occasional handling mark.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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