INTERCEPTED LETTERS; or, the Twopenny Post-Bag, to which are added Trifles Reprinted, Sixteenth Edition with a new preface and several additional poems [and] The FUDGE FAMILY in Paris, Ninth Edition, Edited by Thomas Brown, the younger [and] TOM CRIB'S MEMORIAL to Congress with a Preface, Notes and Appendix By One of the Fancy, Third Edition.
by Brown, Thomas, the younger, One of the Fancy [pseud. Thomas Moore, Esq. 1779-1852]
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Carpenter and Son/Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, 1818, 1819. Stated 16th, 9th, 3rd edition. Full brown calf with decorative gilt stamping on both boards and spine, gilt lyre emblems, brown eps, aeg. 16mo (17cm). pp. xxiv, 119, viii, 168 (Notes), xxxi, 88. Very Good+. Lightly rubbed joints and edges, bookplate of Clark Prescott Bissett [1875-1932] on front pastedown. Clever bound triplet or nonce volume of Thomas Moore pseudonymns and satire a la post-bag, Bourbon and boxing via Bissett's brown binding. Dr. Bissett was an authority on the life of Abraham Lincoln, history of Italy and Mussolini and Fascismo, past Dean of The University of Washington and Professor of Law..
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- INTERCEPTED LETTERS; or, the Twopenny Post-Bag, to which are added Trifles Reprinted, Sixteenth Edition with a new preface and several additional poems [and] The FUDGE FAMILY in Paris, Ninth Edition, Edited by Thomas Brown, the younger [and] TOM CRIB'S MEMORIAL to Congress with a Preface, Notes and Appendix By One of the Fancy, Third Edition.
- Author
- Brown, Thomas, the younger, One of the Fancy [pseud. Thomas Moore, Esq. 1779-1852]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for J. Carpenter and Son/Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, 1818, 1819.
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- Humor & Satire;
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OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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Rare, scarce, out-of-print books, ephemera, pamphlets, and selected periodicals in over 90 subject areas. Full bindery services by appointment, phone conference or email (Rebacking, full bindings, boxes and slipcases, restoration); Appraisals for indivicuals and institutions. We also offer unique blank cards created from recycled book illustrations. We ship promptly in professional packaging and update our databases nightly. Mail order and internet sales only. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST, Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages incluing book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Doing business since 1994, SNEAB (formerly MARIAB) Member. Blank note card enclosed with every order.
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