Lot 5 — NEWPORT ILLUSTRATED, 1854, George C. Mason, Engravings, Rhode Island History
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George C. Mason. Newport Illustrated in a Series of Pen & Pencil Sketches. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1854. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped title on upper board, blind-stamped decorative borders. C.A. Alvord, Printer; A.B. Jocelyn, Electrotyper. Illustrated with wood engravings by Whitney, Jocelyn & Annin. Includes frontispiece with tissue guard and numerous in-text illustrations of local architecture and scenery.
Cloth shows moderate rubbing and minor staining; spine ends and corners frayed. Foxing and toning to endpapers and plates. Frontispiece tissue guard creased. Text block generally clean with occasional light spotting. Good.