Scouts in Bondage : And Other Curious Works from Bygone Times with Titles That Might Cause Vulgar Minds to Misapprehend Their Content
by Michael Bell
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1845131967
- ISBN 13
- 9781845131968
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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Aurum, London, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardcover. 94 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Aurum, London, 2006. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in as new condition and comes in as new dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: All the books illustrated in this irresistible little volume were collected by Michael Bell when he owned an antiquarian bookshop in Lewes. His criterion was simple: these were old books that raised a grin if not a guffaw from his customers as soon as they saw them. Some are simply mystifying like the enigmatic "Book of Blank Maps"; bizarre like Frances E. Willard's perfectly straight-faced account, "How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle"; or simply evoke a world which has long since vanished like Paulo Montegazza's manual on "The Art of Taking a Wife". Sometimes it is the combination of title and cover artwork that does the trick, but most frequent of all is the title that now conveys a meaning quite at odds with the author's original intentions, the boy's story "Invisible Dick", for example, or another children's novel, "How Nell Scored". *** Quantity Available: 9. Category: Books on Books; Humour. ISBN: 1845131967. ISBN/EAN: 9781845131968. Inventory No: 09010022.. 9781845131968
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09010022
- Title
- Scouts in Bondage : And Other Curious Works from Bygone Times with Titles That Might Cause Vulgar Minds to Misapprehend Their Content
- Author
- Michael Bell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 9
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1845131967
- ISBN 13
- 9781845131968
- Publisher
- Aurum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Books on Books; Scouts in Bondage : And Other Curious Works from Bygone Times with Titles That Might Cause Vulgar Minds to Misapprehend Their Content
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour; Books on Books;
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Traralgon, Victoria
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