Book of the Cheese: Being Traits and Stories of "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese," Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
by REID, T.W.; Frank Banfield, ed
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Ye Old Cheshire Cheese, 1908. Fifth Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's grey pictorial card wrappers; [12],92pp.; 8 leaves of plates, full-page text illus. throughout, including pictorial ads. Light wear to wrapper extremities, contemporary ownership signature to upper cover, else Very Good or better copy. Contemporary bill from the pub laid in. History of the renowned public house in London, patronized by such literary greats as Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton, Mark Twain, and P.G. Wodehouse.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43627
- Title
- Book of the Cheese: Being Traits and Stories of "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese," Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
- Author
- REID, T.W.; Frank Banfield, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Ye Old Cheshire Cheese
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...