The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
by Hook, Theodore
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten Hardcover 1st Ed in black & gilt-stamped royal blue cloth, n.d. (c. 1872), original Camden Hotten issue which precedes the later Chatto & Windus issue, with Memoir of Hook, portraits, caricatures and facsimiles, no markings, NOT ex-lib, light shelf wear & softening to spine ends, foxing to prelims & page block edges (pages clean), small 1-inch by 1/4-inch rectangle cut from front endpaper (name removal?), else solid nice copy; stout 8vo; viii + 583pp indexed & illus + large illus ad section dated 1872; portrait frontispiece; Due to its size and/or weight, overseas delivery of this book may require an additional shipping charge beyond our default rates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29807
- Title
- The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
- Author
- Hook, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: John Camden Hotten
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hook, Theodore The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
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