Explorations in the Sit-tee Desert and Discovery of the Great Temple of the Bull and Bear - Being a Comic Account of the Supposed Disovery of the Ruins of the London Stock Exchange Some 2000 Years hence.

GOULD, F.C. ( Francis Carruthers ).

Edité par Unwin Brothers, Printers, London and Chilworth, 1880

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Original sage green gloth ornately gilt illustrated to the front, decorative brown borders front and back, and green floral endpapers 25 x 32cm. Undated, but 4 of the 5 OCLC / Copac holdings estimate 1880 (the 5th dates it 1899). 10pp with numerous in-text illustrations (I am counting 9 including the title page) + 5 full-page plates including the illustrated Finis. Covers about very good, decoration remaining sharp and bright, though patchily soiled with some scratching to the back. Corners worn with minor loss. Spine cloth crinkled and partially faded. Hinges secure, though the endpapers have been pasted about 1cm at their inner edge so they do not open cleanly. There is a crack at p10, though the binding feels very secure. Interiors very good with some spotting and light creasing. Previous owner's name neatly handwritten to ffep (Lawrence Clark). Before his career as a caricaturist and political cartoonist, Francis Carruthers Gould (1844-1925) worked for a bank, a stockbroker, then the London Stock Exchange, where he would sketch its members and events. This work is inspired by ancient Egyptian and Assyrian art and exploration.

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• Titre: Explorations in the Sit-tee Desert and Discovery of the Great Temple of the Bull and Bear - Being a Comic Account of the Supposed Disovery of the Ruins of the London Stock Exchange Some 2000 Years hence.
• Éditeur: Unwin Brothers, Printers, London and Chilworth
• Date de parution: 1880
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good