The Wassail-Bowl.
by SMITH, Albert
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. First edition. Two small octavo volumes. Each volume with frontispiece engraving by John Leech (and with numerous textual additions by same). Both half-titles present. Publisher's ads at rear of second volume. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine titles in blind. A very clean set in an attractive binding.This is an interesting series of essays, chief among them being that of the Laudanum Patient. Wassailing is an ancient English tradition that is said to go back as far as Saxon and Viking times. The word ‘wassail’ comes from the Old English “Waes hael” meaning “Good Health”, to which the response would be “Drinc hael, and drinking was at the heart of wassailing. The tradition has always varied from manor to manor, from monastery to guild and street to street where wassailing latter became part of house to house carolling during Christmas tide.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71803
- Title
- The Wassail-Bowl.
- Author
- SMITH, Albert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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