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The French Rogue, or Extraordinary and Surprising Adventures of That Notorious Thief, Spy, and Murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau ... With Anecdotes of the Notorious Tom Paine Esq. And His Associates the Revolutionary Societies
by [Paine and the French Revolution]
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Bailey, 1808. [3], 4-36pp, date from the BL. Disbound. Browned, damp stained and foxed throughout, print slightly indistinct to central portion of page 11, but without loss of sense. With coloured frontispiece of Marat and Couteau 'assassinating and robbing a gentleman'. The printer was J.[ohn] Bailey, at his 116 Chancery Lane address, see the BBTI. The full title is 'The French Rogue, or Extraordinary and Surprising Adventures of That Notorious Thief, Spy, and Murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau, Alias M. Ragout, alias Dick Hell-Finch: Containing All the Scenes of Horror he was Engaged in During the Whole of the French Revolution; His Travels, Disguises, Dangers, and Narrow Escapes, in England, Ireland, Turkey, and America; With Anecdotes of the Notorious Tom Paine Esq. And His Associates the Revolutionary Societies'. BL only in Library Hub. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. 12mo. Pamphlet.
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- Seller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004155
- Title
- The French Rogue, or Extraordinary and Surprising Adventures of That Notorious Thief, Spy, and Murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau ... With Anecdotes of the Notorious Tom Paine Esq. And His Associates the Revolutionary Societies
- Author
- [Paine and the French Revolution]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Bailey
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Paine, Revolutionary Societies, France, Pamphlet, Couteau, French Revolution, Marat, Bull52
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; France;
Terms of Sale
Zetetic Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Zetetic Books
Biblio member since 2015
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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Glossary
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- Unbound
- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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