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Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)

Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)

Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)
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Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)

by Jerrold, Douglas

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  • Hardcover
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London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.

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Bookseller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
043716
Title
Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)
Author
Jerrold, Douglas
Illustrator
George Cruikshank
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
How and Parsons
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1842
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
1842; Douglas Jerrold; George Cruikshank; Literature; Fiction; Illustrated; Leather bindings; Rare; Collectible;; 19th Century; Signed Bindings.
Bookseller catalogs
Literature & Fiction; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
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About Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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Spine
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A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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