Description: “Museum of Antiquity, A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, CUstoms and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, MOnuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago, Illustrated,” by L.W. Yaggy, M.S. and T.L. Haines, A.M. New York: Standard Publishing House, 1881. DESCRIPTION: 1st Edition, Thick 4to (19cm x 25cm), 944pp. w 7 Full-Page Steel Engravings & 175 Full-Page & In-Text Illustrations, Publisher’s Original 3/4 Black Leather Binding over Cloth Boards w Gilt Title/Borders, 4 Raised Bands w Gilt Decorated Compartments, All Edges Marble, Marble End-Papers. CONDITION: In Very Good+ condition with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, no loose or missing pages, and no annotations, foxing or mold. Outer covers show some general rubbing and edge-wear: light bumping/rubbing to the corners and edges; wear to the cloth on the upper left corner of front board (see Image 2), and small white marks on the rear board (see Image 14); light rubbing to the foot and crown of spine, but no loss or chipping (see Image 1); age tanning to the inner pages, but again, no foxing or mold. All in all a handsome example of the scarce leather-bound edition. See Images 6-11 for complete Table of Contents and List of Illustrations.
Price: 399.95 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
End Time: 2023-12-06T21:54:34.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.67 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Standard Publishing House
Modified Item: No
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Year Printed: 1881
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Various
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: L.W. Yaggy
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Occult
