Cross, Thomas

The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman (Limited & Numbered Edition - 2 Volumes)

Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. Ltd. London, 1904. First Edition, Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Rare deluxe limited, numbered edition on handmade paper, one of fifty copies, this being number two; bound in a red, textured, full morocco Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding with two sets of plates (coloured & b/w.); five gilt-ruled raised bands with gilt titles & gilt decorations to other panels; gilt decoration to front & rear covers; gilt double fillet to cover edges with gilt decorative border to inside of covers over deep red linen-textured end-papers; tissue-guarded, hand-coloured aquatint plates after paintings by James Pollard; Robert Havell; C. Cooper Henderson; C. B. Newhouse; Thomas Rowlandson; H. Alken and others. Limited & Numbered Edition. Size: Small Folio (over 12" -19" tall). xvi + 253 & xii + 250. 2-volume set (complete). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's armorial book-plate laid in( both vols.) Sir Harold A. Wernher of Luton Hoo. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. slightest hint of starting of the inner front hinges which appears as a thin white line; light wear to edges of spines at ends; some creasing to one of the tissue guards (Vol.1 page158).. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Coaching; Transport; Art; England; 19th century; History. Inventory No: 4128. This is a SET of books, therefore heavier than a standard volume, and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Book number: 4128

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: BZDB227 Autobiography/History/Coaching/Stage Coaching/Transport/Art/Horse-drawn Vehicles/Stage Coaches/Zaehnsdorf Bindings/Mail Coaches Biography & Autobiography; Coaching; Transport; Art; England; 19th century; History. Unbranded Thomas Cross The Autob

Thomas Cross

The Autobiography of a Stage-Coachman

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this memoir on the era of the horse drawn coach. Three volumes. First edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated complete. An interesting autobiography on the era of the horse drawn sage coach and its uses for travel. As a stage coachman, Cross was able to observe his contemporaries in a different light, whilst they were travelling. As a result, this work offers a fascinating insight into the people and society of the nineteenth century. Written by Thomas Cross, a British writer and stage-coachman. With Hurst and Blackett's popular modern works to the rear of volume three. Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. The odd mark to the board. Joints starting but firm, resulting in loss to the front joint of volume two and the rear joint of volume three. Hinges tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark. Pencil to the front pastedown of volume one. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: 856T16

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Autobiography Stage-Coachman Cross Stage-Coachman None

Thomas Cross

The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1904. Vellum. A beautiful deluxe edition of Thomas Cross' fascinating memoir about his life working as a stage coachman in the nineteenth century, illustrated with beautiful hand-coloured aquatint plates. A deluxe edition of this work, limited to only fifty copies, of which this is numbered twenty-eight. In a quarter vellum binding. Complete in two volumes. This deluxe edition contains each plate in duplicate, with both a hand-coloured aquatint copy and a monochrome copy of each plate. Volume I illustrated with a hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, a monochrome frontispiece, twenty-one hand-coloured aquatint plates, twenty monochrome plates, and two in-text woodcuts. Collated, bound without the additional monochrome plate for plate 17, facing page 215, with the hand-coloured aquatint plate present only. Otherwise, work is complete. Volume II illustrated with a hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, a monochrome frontispiece, twenty hand-coloured aquatint plates, and twenty-one monochrome plates. Collated, bound without the hand-coloured aquatint plate for plate 18 facing page 186, with the monochrome plate present only. Otherwise, work is complete. An interesting memoir about the era of horse drawn stage coaches being used for travel, written by Thomas Cross. As a stage coachman, Cross was able to observe his contemporaries in a different light, whilst they were travelling. As a result, this work offers a fascinating insight into the people and society of the nineteenth century. Illustrated by James Pollard, Robert Havell, C. Cooper Henderson, C. B. Newhouse, Thomas Rowlandson, and H. Alken. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Marks to the boards and spines. Light discolouration to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small amount of lifting to the paper to the rear joint of Volume I, and a small amount of lifting to the extremities of the volumes. Endpapers are a little age-toned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a small amount of age-toning to the pages facing the plates. Tissue guard for the frontispiece of Volume I is torn. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: James Pollard; Robert Havell; C. Cooper Henderson; C. B. Newhouse; Thomas Rowlandson; H. Alken. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 700P5

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: autobiography stage coachman coachman thomas cross stage coachman cooper harvell James Pollard; Robert Havell; C. Cooper Henderson; C. B. Newhouse; Thomas Rowlandson; H. Alken