CROSS, THOMAS
The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trúbner & Co. 1904, Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Pollard. Alken. Rowlandson. Book, 2 Vols. XVI-253 &XII-250 PP. with 41 full PP. delicately handcoloured plates. Orig.decorated cloth, t.e.g. with gilded stage coach at upper covers. A very good and clean copy with well printed and delicatley coloured prints by: Alken, Rowlandson, Pollard and others. Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies only. Erroneously the title lists 43 plates, but the book is, according to the list of plates complete with 39 coloured plates, 1 uncoloured aquatint portait and 2 woodengravings. [the red coloured spines darkened, some plates loose, loosening]. Very Good.
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Keywords: Pollard. Alken. Rowlandsoncoaching. Horses. Stage Coach. Alken. Pollard. Alken. Rowlandson.