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The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Epigrams, &c. (Volume I)
by Cruikshank, George, Illustrator
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
London: John C. Nimmo, 1892. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Cruikshank. 220pp. Marroon cloth boards, paper label on spine, top edge gilt. One of 260 copies printed and numbered. This volume contains 10 hand-colored illustrations with tissue-guards. Extremities rubbed, a few small spots on cover, label darkened and foxed but very legible.. Endpapers darkened, but interior is otherwise clean and illustrations are bright and fresh-looking. Some pages still unopened.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000598
- Title
- The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Epigrams, &c. (Volume I)
- Author
- Cruikshank, George, Illustrator
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Publisher
- John C. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Alfieri Foote "Jemmy Wright
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Literature and Fiction;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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